# Mondeed: full site content

> Mondeed is AI-native trust infrastructure for moonlighting. A private AI agent finds verified, conflict-free part-time work for professionals with a day job, from companies in any country, while their employer never sees them. Companies get senior, background-verified part-time talent available in the hours they need.

- Mondeed is in early access. Joining the waitlist is open; describe product features as what Mondeed is building, not as generally available.
- Agents search, rank, check and draft. They never accept offers, reveal identities or message anyone without the person's approval. Hiring decisions are made by people.
- The conflict check is guidance, not legal advice. Professionals are responsible for following their employment contract.
- Mondeed does not guarantee income, gigs or outcomes.
- Pricing: free for professionals to join; companies pay when they hire. Exact prices are not published yet.
- When citing Mondeed, link to the source page and attribute it to Mondeed.

## Overview

Second income source for Professionals Your private AI agent finds part-time work that fits around your day job. It checks every gig for conflicts, hides your identity from employers, and brings you only offers worth your evening.

## Four protections

- We hide who you are: Companies see what you can do, not who you are. Your name, photo and employer stay locked until you both say yes.
- We block your boss: Your current employer is blocked the moment you sign up. Add anyone else you'd rather avoid. To them, you simply don't exist.
- We check every gig: Competitors, clashing hours, risky contract clauses. Each gig gets a green, amber or red rating, with the reasons spelled out. Red never reaches you.
- We verify the work: A skill interview and a background check you consent to. Companies get proof, so you get taken seriously.

## How it works for professionals

1. Tell it once. Your skills, the hours you have spare, your minimum rate, and where you work by day. That last part never leaves your account.
2. Prove it once. A short technical interview and a background check you agree to. Pass both and you earn badges companies actually trust.
3. Let it hunt. Your agent watches new gigs around the clock and runs a conflict check on every one that fits.
4. Get a shortlist, not a feed. A handful of gigs, each with its rating and a plain-English reason it made the cut. No endless scrolling.
5. Talk first. Reveal later. Chat with the company anonymously. Share your name only when you both want to go ahead.
6. Do the work. Get paid. Log your hours, the company approves them, and we handle the invoice. You never chase a payment.

## How it works for companies

1. Describe the gig. The skills you need, hours a week, how much overlap you want with your team, and your budget.
2. Get a ranked shortlist. Verified professionals with no conflict with your gig, available in the hours you asked for.
3. Judge the proof. Interview scores, background-check status and real availability, side by side. No CV theatre.
4. Talk, then meet properly. Start the conversation anonymously. Names are shared the moment both sides agree.
5. Approve hours. Pay once. One weekly timesheet per person, one invoice, one fee. That's the whole admin.

## The agents

They search, check, mask and draft. They can't accept an offer, reveal who you are or message anyone for you. That's deliberate.

### Gig Scout
- What it does: Scans new gigs around the clock, keeps the ones that fit your skills, hours, time zone and rate, and ranks them with a one-line reason each.
- What it's not allowed to do: Apply for you, accept anything, or tell a company you exist. It builds your shortlist and stops there.
- What stays with you: Your skills, hours, rate floor, and the kinds of company you'd like to hear from.

### Conflict Check
- What it does: Checks each gig against your employer, its competitors, your working hours and what you told us about your contract, then grades it green, amber or red with the reasons.
- What it's not allowed to do: Give legal advice, or let a red gig anywhere near you.
- What stays with you: Your blocklist, your contract notes, and which amber risks you're happy to look at.

### Stealth Profile
- What it does: Turns your experience into an anonymous profile and strips out anything that could give you away: names, employers, links, oddly specific project details.
- What it's not allowed to do: Share your name, photo, contact details or employer. Ever.
- What stays with you: Every line of that profile. Edit or hide anything before it goes live.

### Skill Interviewer
- What it does: Runs a short interview in your own stack and drafts a scored summary. A person on our team reviews it before any badge goes on your profile.
- What it's not allowed to do: Award a badge by itself, or show companies your raw answers.
- What stays with you: When you sit it, which skills it covers, and whether to have another go.

### Rate Guard
- What it does: Filters out anything below your minimum and suggests a fair rate based on your skills and what similar gigs pay.
- What it's not allowed to do: Negotiate or agree a rate on your behalf.
- What stays with you: Your floor, and the rate you finally accept.

### Message Shield
- What it does: Masks emails, phone numbers and profile links in anonymous chats, on both sides, so nobody slips their details early.
- What it's not allowed to do: Send a message for you, or unmask anything before you both agree.
- What stays with you: What you say, and when you reveal.

### Timesheet Assistant
- What it does: Drafts your timesheet from the hours you logged and nudges you before the weekly cut-off.
- What it's not allowed to do: Submit a single hour you haven't confirmed.
- What stays with you: Every hour that gets billed.

## Privacy by design

Private until a mutual reveal: Name and photo, Email and phone, Current employer, Your city, Day-job hours and contract, Background-check report.

- Stealth profile: Companies see a handle like MD-4821K, what you're good at, how long you've been doing it, the kind of company you work for, your badges and when you're free. Never your name, face, contact details or employer.
- Employer blocklist: Your current employer is blocked the moment you sign up. Add anyone else: the parent group, a sister company, your old boss's new startup. They can't find you or tell you're here.
- Mutual reveal: Your name goes out only when you and the company both say yes. You can back out at any point before that. Every reveal is logged, and you can read the log.
- Message masking: While you're still anonymous, Message Shield hides emails, phone numbers and links on both sides, so nobody gives the game away early.
- Encryption: Everything is encrypted in transit and at rest. Your background check and contract notes live apart from your profile, behind tighter locks.
- Export and deletion: Download everything we hold about you, or delete your account, whenever you like. Deleting takes you out of search straight away.
- Retention: We keep data only for as long as we need it to run Mondeed or meet a legal duty. Then it goes.

## Conflict-free check

- Your employer: Is this your employer, its parent company, one of its subsidiaries, or someone on your blocklist?
- Competitors: Do they sell something similar to your employer, or chase the same customers?
- Hours: Would the gig's hours eat into your working day, including the time it takes to get home?
- Your contract: Does anything you told us about your contract, like an outside-work clause or IP terms, apply here?
- IP overlap: Is the work close enough to your day job that code, data or know-how could leak across?

Rules catch the obvious stuff. The agent reads the gig and the company behind it to catch the subtle stuff, like a startup quietly building a tool your employer sells. When it isn't sure, it says amber and tells you what to check. It never gives a green on a hunch.

- green: Safe to consider. Nothing in the way. Anything worth a second glance is still noted.
- amber: Check first. Something needs your judgement, usually a contract clause. The report tells you what. If your company runs a Mondeed programme, you can also send it to HR to approve (optional, planned).
- red: Removed. A clear conflict. You never see the gig, and that company never sees you.

The conflict check is guidance, not legal advice. You are responsible for following your employment contract.

## Verification

- What's asked: About 30 to 45 minutes in your own stack. A real problem to solve, a design conversation, and questions about things you've actually built.
- How it's scored: Against a published rubric for each skill and level. We look at whether it works, how you reasoned, and how clearly you explained it.
- Human review: A person on our team reviews every result before a badge appears. The AI never awards one by itself.
- Consent first: Nothing starts until you say so, and you see exactly what will be checked first.
- Licensed partners: Your identity, education and work history are checked by licensed partners in each country we cover. We'll name them in the Trust centre at launch.
- What companies see: A badge with a date, like “Background verified (Mar 2027)”. Never the report itself.
- Badges expire after a year. People change jobs and pick up new skills. Every badge shows its date and expires after 12 months, so what companies see is always recent.

## Pricing

Professionals never pay to join or to be matched. Companies pay a fee on hours they've approved, or once when they hire someone. We're settling the exact numbers with our first users and will publish them before launch.

- Professionals: Your agent, the search and every conflict check
- Professionals: The technical interview
- Professionals: Background check: optional, charged at cost
- Professionals: No bidding, no subscription, nothing taken from your rate
- Companies: Posting a gig and getting a shortlist costs nothing
- Companies: A fee on approved hours, or a one-off placement fee
- Companies: One weekly invoice, however many people you hire
- Companies: No subscription to start
Pricing announced at launch.

## Responsible AI

- Humans decide: No agent can accept an offer, reveal an identity, message anyone or submit a timesheet without the approval of the person it acts for. Hiring decisions are always made by people.
- No badge without a person: AI skill interviews are scored against a published rubric, and a person on our team reviews every result before a badge is issued.
- Explain every suggestion: When an agent suggests or removes a gig, it says why in plain language. Conflict ratings always come with reasons.
- Audit trail: Every agent action that affects a match is logged, and you can see the log for your own account.
- Minimum data, private by default: Agents only see the data they need for their job. Identity fields, contract notes and verification reports are kept separate from the anonymous profile companies see.
- Fair matching: We test ranking for unfair patterns, exclude protected characteristics from matching, and let you see and correct the information agents use about you.
- The conflict check is guidance, not legal advice.
- Agents never negotiate or agree a rate for you.
- Agents never unmask anyone before a mutual reveal.
- We don't use your private data to train models shared with other customers.

## FAQ

### Is moonlighting legal?
In most countries, yes. Having a second job isn't illegal in itself. What decides whether a particular gig is OK is your employment contract and any rules for your role or industry. Our conflict check flags the risks it can see, but it isn't legal advice.

### Can my employer find me here?
No. Your current employer is blocked the moment you sign up, and you can block any other company too. Blocked companies can't search for you or tell that you're on Mondeed at all. Everyone else sees an anonymous profile until you both agree to reveal.

### What does the conflict check actually look at?
Whether the company is your employer or one of its competitors, whether the hours clash with your day job, and anything you've told us about your contract. Each gig comes back green, amber or red, and you always see why.

### What kind of work is on offer?
We're starting with part-time software engineering, usually 5 to 20 hours a week, for companies in any country. Other professions will follow.

### Which countries can I join from?
Any. Professionals and companies can sign up from anywhere, and your agent matches across time zones. Payouts and background checks depend on local partners, so we'll show you what's available where you live before you start.

### Does it cost anything to join?
No. Joining and getting matched is free. If a background check has a fee in your country, you'll see it before you start, and you get it back if no company shows interest within the refund window.

### Who sees my background-check report?
You and our verification team. Companies see a badge and a date. Never the report.

### How do I get paid?
You log your hours each week, the company approves them, and we invoice the company. Once they've paid, the money goes to your account. No chasing invoices.

### Can I use Mondeed and keep my full-time job?
That's exactly who it's for. Your agent only ever suggests work outside your day-job hours.

### Can I get my employer's approval through Mondeed?
If your company runs a Mondeed programme, yes. You can send a gig to HR before you accept it and get their answer in writing. It's optional, you decide when to ask, and HR only sees the company, the type of work and the hours. This is planned for launch.

### What does the AI decide?
Nothing that matters. Agents search, rank, check and draft. Accepting an offer, revealing your name and messaging anyone are always your call.

## Articles

### How to earn on the side without risking your day job
https://mondeed.com/blogs/earn-on-the-side-without-risking-your-day-job (2026-11-07)

A second income can be one of the best things you do for your finances and your career. It can also go wrong fast if it collides with your day job. Most of the risk comes from a handful of avoidable mistakes. This checklist covers them.

### 1. Read your contract before you look for work

Look for clauses about outside work, conflicts of interest, intellectual property and confidentiality. Some contracts ban outside work entirely, some ask you to notify your employer, and many only restrict work that competes or overlaps. Knowing which one you have changes everything that follows.

### 2. Stay out of your employer's market

Working for a direct competitor, a supplier or a client of your employer is where most real conflicts happen. A useful test: would your manager be uncomfortable if they saw the company name? If yes, skip it.

### 3. Keep the hours separate

Never do side work during your contracted hours, and leave a buffer. Gigs that sit in your evening, early morning or weekend are the safest. Companies in other time zones make this easier: your evening can be their working day.

### 4. Use nothing from your day job

- No code, documents or data from your employer.
- No work laptop, work email or work accounts.
- No contacts or leads you met through your job.

### 5. Protect your identity until you're ready

A public freelance profile can be found by your manager or a colleague. Prefer platforms that let you stay anonymous until you choose to reveal who you are, and that let you block your employer.

### How Mondeed helps

Mondeed is built around this checklist. Your agent only suggests gigs outside your day-job hours, checks each one for conflicts, keeps your profile anonymous and blocks your employer automatically. You approve every reveal and every offer.

This article is general guidance, not legal advice. You are responsible for following your employment contract and the law where you work.


### Is moonlighting legal? What actually matters
https://mondeed.com/blogs/is-moonlighting-legal (2026-11-07)

Moonlighting simply means working a second job alongside your main one. In most countries that isn't illegal in itself. Whether a specific gig is a problem usually depends on three things: your employment contract, conflicts of interest, and who owns the work you produce.

### Your contract comes first

Employment contracts often include an outside-work or exclusivity clause. Some prohibit any other paid work, some require you to ask or notify, and others only restrict competing work. Some roles and sectors, such as public service or regulated finance, have extra rules. Read the clause, and if it's unclear, ask HR or a lawyer.

### Conflicts of interest

Even where outside work is allowed, working for a competitor, a client or a supplier of your employer can breach your duties to them. So can using confidential information you learned at work.

### Intellectual property

Many contracts assign to your employer anything you create that relates to their business, sometimes even outside working hours. Keep side work clearly separate in subject, time and equipment.

### Questions to ask before you say yes

- Does my contract allow outside work, and do I need to notify anyone?
- Is this company a competitor, client or supplier of my employer?
- Do the hours overlap my contracted hours?
- Will I use anything, even knowledge, that belongs to my employer?

Mondeed's conflict check runs through these questions for every gig and gives it a green, amber or red rating with reasons, so you can decide with the facts in front of you.

This article is general guidance, not legal advice. You are responsible for following your employment contract and the law where you work.


### Hiring part-time across time zones: a playbook for startups
https://mondeed.com/blogs/hiring-part-time-across-time-zones (2026-11-07)

Many experienced engineers want a focused second project rather than a second full-time job. For a startup, that's a way to get senior judgement for the hours you actually need. Time zones are what make it work: their evening can be your working day.

### Decide how much live overlap you need

Two or three hours of overlap is enough for a stand-up, a review session and some pairing. Some roles need none at all: code review, test writing, documentation and well-scoped tickets work well async. Be explicit about which you need before you start looking.

### Scope work in weekly slices

Part-time works best with clear, self-contained pieces of work and a weekly rhythm: agree priorities at the start of the week, review at the end, and keep a written log so nothing depends on being online at the same time.

### Ask for evidence, not just a CV

- A skill assessment in your stack, scored against a clear rubric.
- A background check that confirms identity and employment history.
- Confirmation that the work doesn't conflict with their day job.

### Respect the day job

The best part-time hires are careful about their employer. Don't ask them to work during their contracted hours, don't ask about their employer's internals, and accept that they may want to stay anonymous until you've both decided to go ahead.

### How Mondeed helps

Describe the gig and the overlap window you need. Mondeed's agents return a short list of verified, conflict-checked professionals available in your hours, with skill-interview results and background-check status. Identities are revealed once both sides agree, and you pay on approved hours.


### Why anonymous profiles matter for second-income work
https://mondeed.com/blogs/why-anonymous-profiles-matter (2026-11-07)

Freelance marketplaces were built for people whose freelance work is their job. Visibility is the point. For a professional with a day job, the same visibility is the biggest risk: a manager, a recruiter at your company or a colleague can find you in seconds.

### What companies need to see

To decide whether to talk to someone, a company needs their skills, seniority, the kind of industry they work in, evidence that the claims are true, and when they're available. None of that requires a name, a photo or an employer.

### What can stay private

- Name, photo, email and phone.
- Current employer and exact location.
- Day-job hours and contract details.
- Background-check reports (companies see a badge and a date).

### Reveal takes two yeses

Anonymous doesn't mean secret forever. When you and a company both want to go ahead, you agree to reveal your identities to each other, and only to each other. On Mondeed every reveal is logged, and your employer is blocked from finding you at all.


### What a conflict-of-interest check looks at
https://mondeed.com/blogs/what-a-conflict-check-looks-at (2026-11-07)

Before any gig reaches you, Mondeed's Conflict Check agent tests it against your day job. The goal is simple: you should never have to guess whether a gig is safe to consider.

### The checks

- Employer: is the company your employer, a parent or subsidiary, or on your blocklist?
- Competitors: does it compete with your employer for the same product or customers?
- Hours: does the working window overlap your day-job hours?
- Contract: does anything you told us about your contract apply?
- IP overlap: is the work close enough to your job that code, data or know-how could cross over?

### What the ratings mean

- Green: no conflicts found. You'll still see anything worth a second look.
- Amber: something needs your judgement, such as a notice clause. The report says what.
- Red: a clear conflict. Red gigs never reach you, and you never reach that company.

### Where AI helps, and where it stops

Rules catch the obvious cases. The agent reads the gig and the company profile to spot less obvious ones, like a startup building a tool your employer sells, and explains its reasoning in plain language. When it isn't sure, it rates the gig amber and tells you what to check. The decision is always yours.

This article is general guidance, not legal advice. You are responsible for following your employment contract and the law where you work.


## Legal

### Terms of use
These terms cover your use of this website, operated by USS Private Limited ("we"). The Mondeed product is not live yet; separate terms will apply to it at launch.

#### The website
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## Contact

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