Your side hustle (shipt, uber, ride sharing)

[Terxpahseyton]

Wow that is pretty low. That is like minimum wage in Germany. Well when looking at the exchange rate and nothing else.

 

[Berzerker]

does that come with compensation for supplying the vehicle and gas?

 

[Commodore]

seems strange, you cant work part time or side jobs elsewhere?

It's not strange at all. As really already said, a lot of employers don't want you dividing your time and want all of your professional focus to be on your work for them. This is especially true for salaried positions.

It was kinda the same way in the military. Soldiers weren't expressly forbidden from taking on side jobs, but they did have to get approval from their commander before being able to do it and a lot of commanding officers would refuse to give that approval.

 

[Berzerker]

that kinda sucks, you're not just devoting your 8 hour shift but giving them all your time without compensation... Now I can understand being fired or reprimanded for having a side job that interferes with your shift, but if I work 4 hours every other day or something like that I wouldn't want my employer dropping me without cause.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

that kinda sucks, you're not just devoting your 8 hour shift but giving them all your time without compensation... Now I can understand being fired or reprimanded for having a side job that interferes with your shift, but if I work 4 hours every other day or something like that I wouldn't want my employer dropping me without cause.

I can see a few avenues to argue for it. Let's say you have a job in a manufacturing environment, where workplace safety might be affected by worker fatigue. But by and large I agree that an employer making demands about how you spend your off time isn't offering a job I would be likely to take.

 

[Hygro]

does that come with compensation for supplying the vehicle and gas?

That's a rough estimate after expenses, so earnings.

 

[Narz]

I've had quite a few over the years, not going to discuss any of them, sorry (maybe at a IRL meetup).

 

[Commodore]

that kinda sucks, you're not just devoting your 8 hour shift but giving them all your time without compensation

With salaried positions, the employment agreement usually says something about the employee pretty much being on an "on call" status. That's why they pay you a fixed salary instead of an hourly rate, because they want you to be available when they need you.

 

[civvver]

I do some contract work for former employers that I charge exorbitantly in hopes that it will discourage them from asking for my help. Probably time to raise my rates again.

I need to switch jobs and try that. This actually happened at my place, a guy quit, we were understaffed so they hired him back at like double his salaried rate cus you know contractor rates are always higher. But he was also working a regular job he got somewhere else so he didn't need insurance or to pay self employed taxes or anything, basically just extra money for him like getting time and a half OT.

 

[emzie]

As a chemistry major dropout I've fantasized about a side gig, but the risks are too high. I don't want to get in business with maniacs, see a child get murdered by an accomplice or get my brother in law killed by Nazis.

All of the above would be preferable to any participation in the sharing/gig/disruption economy...

Don't get overly ambitious, keep your point of sale to the darkweb, take payment only in Monero.

 

[Lohrenswald]

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Maybe I should hire my cat out as a mattress tester. She's very good at sleeping.