Ex-Microsoft HR VP says managers do not own employees' lives, argues working multiple jobs is common

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Microsoft's former Vice President of Human Resources, Chris Williams, says that people should be allowed to work multiple jobs..

Last year, tech giants like Wipro, Infosys and TCS issued warnings to employees, prohibiting them from moonlighting..

He then said that employers don't own their employees' lives and what the employees choose to do when they are not working for them is simply none of their (employers) business."..

Williams also writes in the article that the way managers react to their employees having multiple jobs is crucial..

The ex-Microsoft exec also added that if employers reward the employees' success in such cases, people will start appreciating the employer..