People working a side hustle and keep quiet from primary employer is on the rise

In the summer of 2022, 24-year-old engineer Zaid Khan inadvertently went viral and set off a new workplace trend with a short TikTok video about how he was "quitting the idea of going above and beyond" at work. While the practice does not come with a catchy term, working a side hustle that you keep quiet from your primary boss is definitely on the rise. According to a wide-scale study conducted by consulting firm Deloitte, 46% of polled Generation Z workers and 37% of millennials said that they worked a second part-time or even full-time job in tandem to their main work.

https://www.thestreet.com/employment/how-many-people-work-side-hustles?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

According to a wide-scale study conducted by consulting firm Deloitte, 46% of polled Generation Z workers and 37% of millennials said that they worked a second part-time or even full-time job in tandem to their main work.

 

Hmm…. Side hustles aren’t new. Precious generations also called it Moonlighting. I’ve had side hustles for decades.

 

I prefer "moonlighting" to the term "side hustle."

Side hustle sounds like you're doing something potentially illegal. Moonlighting, on the other hand, feels more neutral.

 

Right. It brings up images of hustling someone out of money. Or like when you have a “side piece”. Although, I think the intention was for “hustle” to be like in sports when you “hustle” on the field. I dunno.

(Just saw my typo in my last post. That should have been “previous”. LOL)