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‘Parallel work’: How holding down multiple jobs at once shed its taboo

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18.10.2026

‘Parallel work’: How holding down multiple jobs at once shed its taboo

Keeping secret roles on the side used to be a no-no. But it’s becoming increasingly popular—and normalized.

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Employees used to go to work and then come home. Now, they commonly go to one job and then to another. 

It’s called parallel work, and it essentially means taking on multiple jobs as opposed to having a single full-time position. That’s different........

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