Sorry what I said was confusing. I worked the corporate job for 40 hours, then worked 30-40 hours on my own thing.

Negative things - people would complain and I would get no benefit to working hard, just like

The whole society is poorer because people like me would work half the hours at half the effort.

If you guys can do businesses in a way where everything is censual, then good on you, please do that. The issue you will find in partnerships is that people word at different levels and differently, and the direct benefit is just not there the more the partnership is diluted.