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Extra work at your usual place of work...
missyg_3
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Not talking about normal overtime 
At a previous workplace, our evening cleaners were expensive and not very good (extremely shoddy actually), and they were about to get let go. Myself and a colleague offered to take over the cleaning for a reduced rate. Hey presto, a convenient little evening job which we didn't have to travel to - and an effective 50% increase in salary.
Another time, at a different company, they were going to pay for temps to sort out an archive room. A horrible job! I did that one myself over a series of weekends for £2,000.
There must be lots of similar opportunities in companies all the time. Hope this post helps someone.
At a previous workplace, our evening cleaners were expensive and not very good (extremely shoddy actually), and they were about to get let go. Myself and a colleague offered to take over the cleaning for a reduced rate. Hey presto, a convenient little evening job which we didn't have to travel to - and an effective 50% increase in salary.
Another time, at a different company, they were going to pay for temps to sort out an archive room. A horrible job! I did that one myself over a series of weekends for £2,000.
There must be lots of similar opportunities in companies all the time. Hope this post helps someone.
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The subject of outsourcing some of the work that is done by my team has now been decided, but whilst this subject was being talked about I asked whether I could set up as a self employed consultant to cover the peaks in demand and work over weekends from home. This was in addition to the day job. The answer was no, that is frustrating as I could have brought in another £2-3K a month. I did ask with my fingers crossed as I kind of knew that the answer would be no.0
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