Can I work these two jobs at the same time?
Question by notorivan82: Can I work these two jobs at the same time?
Hey folks. Question for y’all.
I currently work a day job that I’m not a fan of, yet on the side I do sales for a musical instrument company-one that makes custom guitars. I absolutely love it, being a guitarist, however it’s a commission-based position and probably won’t come close to being a full-time thing for a while, if ever.
Just last night an opportunity has surfaced to teach guitar at a local department store-recently, they opened a pretty expansive music department that is essentially like a music store within this department store. I’m very much excited about it, however one of the criteria is that I’d have to work in the music department when I’m not teaching lessons, doing sales and whatnot. This doesn’t sound bad to me at all, as the lessons and working in a music store have always been something I’ve been interested in, however…
…when I first started working the custom guitar job I had to sign an agreement outlining the details about the job, and within the agreement was a Conflict of Interest/Non-hire Provision section where it was mentioned, “The signee of this agreement is free to hold other positions, jobs or contracts with any other entity [he or she] wishes during
the duration of this contract, however providing similar services to competing and/or closely related company as the
Company is not permissible. ”
Can I assume that, because I already work the custom guitar job, I can’t work this new job within this music department? I mean, my duties would primarily revolve around lessons, and since the department includes all instruments and not just guitars, I wasn’t sure. I’d love to be able to do both, but either way I would appreciate some feedback!
Best answer:
Answer by Ash
The best thing to do would be to ask your current boss. They probably know the insides and outs of the contract better than you do, and they legally have to clarify anything you need for you.
It sounds like it could go either way, it’s possible that the company just doesn’t want you working on building guitars for another company so you don’t give away there secrets. In this case I would say the other job will be ok.
On the other hand, they may not want people to notice the same sales girl in competing stores since that might be bad business. I think the best thing to do is ask to make sure, it would suck to miss the oppritunity if it was ok to work them both.
You could probably also apply to the other job even if it’s not ok to work there and quite the more temperary job if you get offered it.
What do you think? Answer below!