43% techies favour moonlighting

Reevaluating Priorities

- IT sector mostly inclined to moonlighting

- 70% of healthcare, pharma staff say it's unethical

- 71% of FMCG employees not considering 2nd job

- 79% of mfg staff say they it's violation of contract

Bengaluru: Amid the growing debate on moonlighting, a new report has revealed that 43 per cent of employees in the Indian IT sector find moonlighting favourable. The top reasons why employees work outside their jobs are to safeguard against job loss and supplement their incomes.

However, employers have a different view of this tendency as 31 per cent believe that employees moonlight because they are not adequately engaged in their work and 23 per cent believe that employees have ample time on hand for a second job, according to the findings from quarterly hiring tracker by job platform Indeed.

"The pandemic has made employees step back and reevaluate priorities. In an era where talent is valued more than ever, employers are shifting from a focus on employee experience to employee life experience," said Sashi Kumar, Head of Sales, Indeed India.

Most moonlighting situations that may require an employer to develop a moonlighting policy occur when the moonlighting employee has a 'primary', usually full-time position, and a 'secondary', or part-time position.

Overall, the report showed that less than one out of five employees (19 per cent) surveyed want to moonlight in India, with a large majority of employees (81 per cent) saying they do not wish to take up another job alongside the one they currently work in, citing it as unethical.

The pandemic has made employees step back and reevaluate priorities. In an era where talent is valued more than ever, employers are shifting from a focus on employee experience to employee life experience,

- Sashi Kumar, head (sales), Indeed India