Content area
Full Text
Abstract
Traditionally, the term Moonlighting refers to having a second job in addition to one's regular employment which does not necessarily relate to their main job. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected income source of people. There was reduction in income of all the sector of the economy. Due to this there was salary reduction of many employees. To cope up the situation, many employees tried to earn additional Income apart from their salary. Due to advancement in Information technology many tech professionals took the advantage of doing additional work apart from their main job. Availability of 365 x 24 x 7, Information Technology and digital Gadgets has created many remote job opportunities to the employees. Now they can work from any place, at any time according to their talents and skills. Unskilled employees also started working on side income source in order to balance family budget. Employees supplement their income moonlighting. Due to growth of IT sector, many jobs opportunities are available across different geographies and timelines. This has made moonlighting easier. This paperfocuses on various aspects of moonlighting and its effects on employment. It also discusses various motives behind moonlighting trends among employees.
Keywords: Moonlighting, COVID-19 pandemic, IT sector, Doubled job.
Introduction
In the era of digitalization and globalization, the Moonlighting have become common practices among some employees after the pandemic. It has become a challenge for the Human Resource Department. It requires tactful interventions so that there will be effective work performance by the employees on one side and effective support by management on other in the form of growth and development opportunities. (Sharma, S., Choudhary et al., 2021)
Due to factors like digital work environment, remote work culture, work from home policy, flexible working hours schedule etc. the trends of moonlighting among the employees has Increased after pandemic. Moonlighting is called multiple job holding means the practice of doing two jobs simultaneously. This can be done either at the cost of main job working hours or after the working hours of main job. (Ashwini et al., 2017; Yamini & Pushpa, 2016).
Moonlighting tends is found both in developed and developing countries. In all economies, I.T. industry specifically has witnessed a significant rise in moonlighting practices of its workforce due to the...