{"id":1195,"date":"2023-11-24T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exunoplures.org\/main\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2024-11-04T22:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:56:56","slug":"working-while-plural","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exunoplures.org\/main\/articles\/living-plural\/working-while-plural\/","title":{"rendered":"Working while Plural"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our nearly two decades in the plural community, we\u2019ve come across a lot of self-help writing for multiples, but most of it is focused on trauma recovery or in-system communication rather than practical advice for daily life. Most plural systems don\u2019t spend every minute<\/em> recovering from trauma\u2014we have full lives that include jobs, kids, bills, friends, family, pets, school, college and hobbies.<\/p>\n

Unless they\u2019re independently wealthy or receiving disability benefits, plural systems have to work for a living (after all, Thor still has to pay the bills<\/a>)\u2014and there are extra considerations for systems to take to succeed on the job. Living plural is a kind of personnel management in itself\u2014you need to allocate staff, see how team members\u2019 skills complement each other, communicate with each other, determine short- and long-term plans, and learn how to bring out the best in each system member. These personnel-management skills are common to most plural systems at work. That said, every system\u2019s approach to work is different. In some groups, there are one or two system members who do all work tasks. Other systems, meanwhile, have no control over who is available to work, so they have a revolving door of members on the job. As for us, all six of our primary frontrunners go to work, but different people perform different tasks.<\/p>\n

Though there are some differences, this list will also work for college\/university students, since time management, task allocation and other workplace skills apply there, too.<\/p>\n

Limitations:<\/em><\/strong> We work a traditional 9\u20135 job, though we\u2019re also a self-employed consultant. We have an advanced degree (and a lot of student loan bills to prove it). Some of our advice about benefits and accommodations is US-centric, but the basic information should apply elsewhere, too. <\/em><\/p>\n

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