Can you work two jobs at the same time?
I work a 360 desk at an IT agency. We have two junior guys on PIPs after about a year of limited to no success. Both of them try, but it just isn’t working out.
I was informed last Friday that we would be getting a new guy. I’m usually involved in new hires and typically have some input on who joins the team. This new guy was originally supposed to be on another team, but that manager is about to go on vacation, so they switched him over after he had already accepted the offer.
It’s this guy’s second day, and on both his first and second days he has taken 4–5 personal calls. I found out they were real estate sales calls and him prospecting homes to sell.
I get that people sometimes need two jobs these days, and some coworkers do have second jobs. I even had a second job refereeing men’s league basketball games. But that was outside working hours.
I feel a little jaded because now I’m going to help train this kid and teach him the job, and I feel like he’ll probably fail because I know this market is tough. You really have to be fully committed to the business and constantly calling and working new opportunities.
I also think it looks bad to the other junior folks that this guy is making real estate calls while in the office. Am I wrong for thinking that?