Trying To Make It

How Are People Working 2 Remote Jobs at the Same Time?

Working both sides of the street in nine steps

Toni Crowe
ILLUMINATION-Curated
7 min readMar 15, 2024

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A man and his clone work at the computer
Composite by the Author- Image by Photo by Karolina Grabowska

There are some things Boomers could not have accomplished during their work life. One of those things was successfully working two full-time remote jobs, drawing a salary from both. I wondered how people now could do that.

5% of Americans Are Working 2 Jobs

Oh, I knew people working two jobs, but one was a white-collar job from 9 to 5, and the other was a nighttime blue-collar job from 6 pm to 2:30 am or 11 pm to 7:30 am; both required their physical presence.

The key to success back then was to ensure the blue-collar job’s hours were nights and weekends. If you were lucky, you had two days a week, the weekend, with only one job. These days, people are working two remote white-collar jobs from home.

“About five percent of Americans are now working more than one job, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reasons to work multiple jobs might include:

Difficulty finding a full-time job

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Toni Crowe
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Sharing the hard lessons I've learned in life. Best-selling author. Humorist. Editor. Writing whatever interests me . Owner: No Air. Editor:MuddyUm.