polywork

present singular third person polyworks · participle present polyworking · participle past polyworked · past polyworked

1. intransitiveneologismTo work multiple jobs simultaneously.

   Have you been polyworking, by any chance?

   2021 December 13, “Polyworking and Zoombies: welcome to the new home office jargon”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023

   2 more examples

   Those who work remote are most likely to polywork (81%) followed by those who work hybrid (79%).

   2023 March 12, Tracy Brower, “Working Multiple Jobs: 5 Considerations For The Promise And Peril Of Polywork”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023

   Around half of the respondents said they plan to polywork indefinitely—and the older respondents were, the more likely they were to see juggling jobs as a long-term solution as opposed to a means to an end.

   2023 March 20, Orianna Rosa Royle, “Gen Zers are now 'polyworking' because holding down just one job doesn't pay enough or give them the flexibility they want”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023