it could have been through his employer, my husband's work calls extra jobs side jobs because they don't "have" to do them. They usually contract them out to whoever wants the extra money, but they are still through his work. They just don't pay overtime on them they get straight pay but its separate from there regular paycheck. They usually offer them to the guys they know need the extra money first then go down the line. My husband has done a couple and he uses his work's equipment and everything, he just gets paid for that job separate then his normal paycheck. Same company and everything though.