I’m about to start my first overemployment setup and honestly trying to go into this as realistically as possible
Current situation:
- senior remote role for an overseas company
- newly accepted local lead-level WFO role
- only 1 hour timezone difference, so work hours overlap heavily
A lot of advice online feels either overly optimistic like “just automate everything” or super generic “protect your health”. I’m more interested in hearing the less obvious stuff people only realize after actually doing OE for a while.
For people here who managed overlapping full-time roles successfully:
- what became the biggest long-term problem?
- what habits/systems actually mattered?
- how did you survive meeting collisions?
- did leadership/senior-level responsibilities make OE significantly harder?
- what’s something you wish you prepared before starting?
I’m especially curious because both roles are senior enough that people expect responsiveness and ownership, not just task completion.
Would appreciate honest insights, even if the answer is basically “this becomes unsustainable after X months.”