How 4 people got away with secretly working multiple remote jobs and making over $300,000 a year — and the closest they came to getting caught

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It requires skill, practice, and luck to secretly work multiple remote jobs and avoid suspicion. Workers in the story are not pictured.

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A millennial woman secretly working two remote non-tech jobs shares why she's the atypical overemployed worker

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A Washington-based millennial hopes secretly working multiple jobs will help her retire early.

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A Gen Xer who made over $300,000 secretly working 3 jobs at the same time says overemployment allowed his partner to stop working and paid for a $20,000 cruise

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A Florida Gen Xer secretly worked three remote jobs to boost his income and job security. Worker in the story not pictured.

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A Gen Xer who secretly works 3 full-time remote jobs and makes $344,000 paid off his mortgage and is saving to send his kids to college debt-free

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Joseph (not pictured) works three full-time remote jobs without his employers knowing.

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A Gen Zer explains how he's making $90,000 secretly working 2 hybrid jobs so he can pay off his debt: 'The key is to be good but not exceptional'

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Secretly working multiple hybrid jobs has helped a UK Gen Zer start paying off his credit card debt. The worker in the story is not pictured.

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3 people who've secretly worked multiple remote jobs explain the top things to look for in overemployment roles

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Overemployed workers look for certain types of jobs so they can avoid burnout and not get caught. Workers in the story are not pictured.

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A millennial making over $300,000 annually secretly working two remote jobs says homeownership still feels out of reach

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A millennial says secretly working two remote jobs hasn't made him feel rich.

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A Gen Xer making over $300,000 annually secretly working 3 jobs shares how it's helping him retire early — and 2 strategies for getting away with it

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A Gen Xer says secretly working three remote jobs has made it possible for him to retire by age 65.

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A Gen Xer making $344,000 secretly working 3 jobs got laid off from 2 of them. He said that's exactly why he was overemployed.

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A 48-year-old said secretly working three remote jobs provided him valuable job security (Worker in story not pictured).

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A fire department clerk in Buffalo reportedly was paid more than $500K over 7 years – even though she didn't show up for work and actually had a second job

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Jill Repman, not pictured here, reportedly received more than $500,000 while on administrative leave from her clerk job and got a second salary from another job, Investigative Post reports.

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