Well, you’ve got one. Both employers know and have signed off.
If I were in management, I could see the issue, but I’m not. I can introduce you to two, three, and four if you’d like.
Oh, and surgeons work all kinds of different hospitals, yet no one complains.
Still, no explanation as to how this is dishonest. At all.
You cleared it with your employers. That is not dishonest at all, everybody is on the same page, everybody understands. That is how it should be done. And by the way, surgeons working at different hospitals do not belong in this discussion, neither do board members as some people seem to think.
If an employer hires you for 40 hour week, and they say that the hours you need to be working are 9 AM to 5 PM Monday or Friday, those are their terms. They should be able to reach you by phone and have you pick up during that time, unless you were on the phone with somebody else from the same organization, or if they schedule you for meetings, you should be able to make every meeting except when there is a conflict within the organization. No if ands or buts about it. If they do their business between 9 AM and 5 PM, that is what they pay you for.
If you clear it in advance (as you did) perfect. Power to you. Full respect, full honesty.
If you do not, it is dishonest rationalization. In your case, there is no rationalization going on. You’re out in the open about what you’re doing, and both employers agree.
But in these cases, especially like the ones outlined in the article, it is clear that this is not cleared with one or both of the employers. That’s dishonest, and there is no way around it unless your employer has specifically not defined your hours of employment.
From my experience, that is exceedingly rare unless one is doing contract work that is specifically task oriented.