Goodness gracious.
This is a very un-PPRuNe thread. Civil. Helpful. Thoughtful. Very strange.
Metro Man:
We had a (relatively) quiet period during which one of my ex-tradie pilots assembled a 6x6 steel shed at my place, with the help of a couple of others.
All of them were paid full salary throughout.
When I was in Kunnunurra it was common to pick Mangos on Craig and Gail's farm.
If you're being paid and you're being useful and working within the scope of your abilities, I don't see the problem.