> But I think the bosses of the world are threatened by OE for a deeper reason — one that goes beyond the numbers. There's something radical that happens to a worker's psychology when they have multiple jobs. If your company is putting a roof over your head, it's hard not to fall into a hustle-culture mentality at work, doing whatever it takes to satisfy your boss... But because the overemployed are no longer wholly dependent on any one employer, each job starts to look a little more disposable — which, if we're being honest, is precisely how many CEOs view their employees.<p>Interesting take. Having multiple jobs makes each one disposable, leveling the ordinary, tilted relationship between companies and workers, in which the company treats employees as fungible and the employee has to take it. In that sense it seems more honest and equitable to me than the jobs I've had.<p>For me, when I don't have enough work to fill a day, my reaction is not "gosh, I'd better find more work," it's "I'll go read a book, or work on a project". I'm financially secure, with no family to support. I can't imagine wanting to work more in exchange for more money, and if I get laid off I've got savings to cover it. I have no issue with what these people are doing, but I doubt I'd ever join them.