overemployed

English

Etymology 1

From overemploy +‎ -ed

Verb

overemployed

1. simple past and past participle of overemploy

Etymology 2

From over- +‎ employed.

Adjective

overemployed (comparative more overemployed, superlative most overemployed)

1. Employed for more hours than full-time work.
   • 2003, John de Graaf, Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America, →ISBN:

     People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status.

   • 2006, Jean-Yves Boulin, Michel Lallement, Decent Working Time: New Trends, New Issues, →ISBN, page 227:

     Those working on a regular daytime shift, the vast majority of US workers, have a slightly raised likelihood of being overemployed compared to those working the evening shift (the reference group).

   • 2014, Itzhak Harpaz, Raphael Snir, Heavy Work Investment, →ISBN:

     Female workers appear to be significantly more at risk of being overemployed than their male counterparts, on the order of about 4 percent greater likelihood (which is reduced only negligibly by inclusion of job characteristics as controls).

   • 2015, Morris Altman, Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics, →ISBN, page 486:

     In part this is so because the percentage of workers who are overemployed tends to pale in comparison to the proportion who are underemployed, particularly in the United States.

2. (Internet slang) Working multiple jobs at the same time, often without the knowledge of one's employers.
   • 2022 September 27, Fadeke Adegbuyi, “The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job”, in Wired‎^[1], San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-23:

     [Sarah] Murphy is one of the "overemployed"—employees secretly working more than one full-time job, aided by the rise of remote work ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic.

   • 2022 October 17, Chris Westfall, “Troubling Trend Of Overemployment: Can A Side Hustle Get You Fired?”, in Forbes‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-04:

     With recent posts like "7 Tips to Avoid Lifestyle Creep When Making $600K", and "$1.2M with 5 IT Jobs", it’s easy to see the appeal of becoming overemployed when people are overwhelmed.

Derived terms

• OE (abbreviation)

Related terms

• overemployment