Is it fraud to have two, full-time, remote jobs?

I read an article recently about someone who had two, full-time, remote jobs. His argument was that he was paid to manage and deliver ideas - cognitive work - and that both employers were happy with his output.

My first thought was, "What does his LinkedIn profile say?" But the article didn't use his real name (not surprising) so I couldn't check. 

Then I wondered about benefits. How does that work?

But eventually my brain got to fraud. 

I asked a CEO colleague and he went straight to the point, "If you have to hide it, you know it's wrong." Harsh? Maybe. But true.

This panel consists of people who work for themselves, people who have people working for them and people who have a job and a side hustle, people in the US, the UK and in Spain.

I noticed during the conversation the that opinion was different about having two JOBS than it was about having a job and building your own thing (business/hustle) on the side. 

That is interesting use of language. "On the side." 

Doing your own thing is considered in addition to a full-time job. But having two employers, even in different time zones seemed to be frowned upon.

Take a listen and then let us know in the comments what you think. If you can make it work and everyone is "happy" is having two full-time jobs wrong? Does it matter if they know about each other or not? If you hired someone to work full-time for you and found out they had another full-time job, what would you do?

Huge thanks to Emily Rentas, LMHC, Brandon Mahoney, Kevin Wash and Simon Coles for being willing to have a conversation that doesn't have a "right" answer but feels like it should. (Unless there is wording in your contract. Then there is a right answer.)

Connect with the panelists:
Emily Rentas, LMHC: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyrentas/ 
Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandoncmahoney/ 
Kevin Wash: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wash-23b90915/ 
Simon Coles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjcoles/ 
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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