Is it OK to do, or not OK?

something else while on "company time"?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/09/24/lw.working.on.the.job/index.html

~snippet~ Brian, a 30-something salesman from New York City, uses bathroom breaks to handle the demands of his second job. The bathroom stall becomes a secret cubicle for his other job as a mortgage broker. He sends e-mails, checks his voice mail and makes appointments.

Many workers "daylight" in defiance of company policy, frustrating managers and human-resource executives.

"I have a certain lifestyle, and I need a certain amount of money coming in," he says.

Brian isn't alone. Many Americans are squeezing two jobs into one shift -- moonlighting by day, as it were -- as a hedge against a sagging economy or to maintain their style of living. While hard data on this below-the-radar economy is anecdotal at best, business coach John M. McKee, the author of "Career Wisdom: 101 Proven Strategies to Ensure Workplace Success," confirms that he has noticed an increase.

Shoehorning a second career into the same shift as your primary job is tricky -- and ethically questionable. Some workers do it with the approval of their superiors. But many do it in defiance of company policy (the main reason most "daylighters" interviewed preferred to remain anonymous) frustrating managers and human-resource executives.

• Is it OK to do, or not OK? - sm
  • At the hospital where I worked there were - severe Avon ladies, Mary Kay ladies
    • If I find something to sell or do for extra $, - ABSOLUTELY I'll do it on company time.
    • Severe Avon ladies - Had to chuckle
  • hehe.... well, at least he's not just sitting there - reading magazines........
  • His time, not company's. - NM
    • It's his time if he's off the clock. Otherwise he should be fired - nm - suprmommy3

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