Moonlighting: Emerging Trends Alter Covid-19 Pandemic Among Employees: Journal of Management & Research

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.