# Check whether my side hustle conflicts with my day job

Spots contract clauses, IP risks, and conflicts of interest to resolve before you start earning on the side.

- Topic: Legal & Compliance
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Legal, Write, Summarize, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/check-whether-my-side-hustle-conflicts-with-my-day-job

## Prompt

```text
Help me check whether my side hustle idea could get me in trouble with my current employer.

**My side hustle idea:** [WHAT I'D SELL OR DO, and to whom]
**My day job:** [ROLE, industry, and what my employer sells]
**Relevant parts of my employment contract or handbook:** [PASTE clauses on outside work, moonlighting, IP / inventions, non-compete, non-solicit, confidentiality, conflicts of interest - or write "not sure"]
**When and how I'd work on it:** [evenings, weekends; my own laptop or the work one]
**Location:** [COUNTRY / STATE]

Do this:
1. Summarize, in plain words, what each clause I pasted seems to allow or restrict. If I wrote "not sure," list the clauses I should look for and where they usually live.
2. Flag the common risk areas: overlap with my employer's customers or products, using company time, equipment, or confidential information, IP assignment clauses that could claim what I create, non-solicitation of clients or coworkers, and public profiles that look like competing.
3. Rate each risk low / medium / high, with the reason.
4. Give me practical safeguards (separate devices and accounts, clear work hours, written disclosure).
5. Draft a short, neutral message asking my manager or HR for approval, in case disclosure is the safer route.

Output: a risk table (Issue | What the clause or situation says | Risk level | Safeguard), then the draft message.

This is general information, not legal advice. Contract terms and enforceability vary a lot by location; for anything rated high, tell me to check with an employment lawyer before I start.
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## What to fill in

- WHAT I'D SELL OR DO, and to whom
- ROLE, industry, and what my employer sells
- evenings, weekends; my own laptop or the work one
- COUNTRY / STATE

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