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Why Polyworking Is the Future of Work and How to Become a Polyworker

by JSeymourATL on 11/13/24, 4:14 PM with 2 comments

• by vintagedave on 11/13/24, 4:27 PM

  Ah, the good old “my job is so poorly paid I’ll work two” — rebranded as something good for your career.

  Or maybe toxic hustle culture, rebranded.

  A good 9-5 job won’t leave you requiring a second. And all the benefits it supposedly lists (like upskilling in other areas) can be done through hobbies or voluntary side projects.

  Normalise single job, 9-5, again.

• by JohnFen on 11/13/24, 5:44 PM

  "Polyworking"? Really?

  I guess that in this dystopia we have collectively built, having to work multiple jobs is no longer an unfortunate circumstance, but is now a hot new "polyworking" trend.