To think if you want to work pt you may as well burn your qualifications

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Having a chat with dh in the car that whatever field your in barr social work and nurseing as a women if you want to go full time

You may as well bun your qualifications because your pretty much going to be unable to find somthing with out taking a demontion or to get the summer off

I have friends who have degrees in mandarin,physiology I had a friend who worked as a high flyer Manger who had to resign as they wouldn’t allow PT work none of my friends work in their degree field because they can’t get the work pt

I myself have had to turn two jobs down one paying 25k and the other paying 28k because they wouldn’t allow PT work

I now earn 700 per month and work 3 days a week

Part time I mean

We went camping in May I met somone who demoted herself to TA and she was a teacher because she couldn’t get PT work

Sister in law has a first class degree from oxford but had to resign from her job as she wanted to work from home 1 day a week after she had twins and they said nope

We're desparate to recruit a coordinator on 20 hours, as that's all our charity can afford. It'd need to be someone qualified and experienced. It's taking forever to find someone.

Depends entirely in what you are qualified in I suppose!
My mam was a bank manager and only worked part time and earned a very decent salary.

It’s a very British thing to want to work part time.

A 35 hour week with a short commute and preferably an employer who allows flexible working leaves plenty of room for family life.

Most gps are women working part time.

I have not found this to be true in my experience

Pt teacher here. They were happy to take me back part time and it works perfectly for me too.

Loads of part time teaching jobs

Literally eveyone I speak to are either having issues trying to reduce to 3 or for days

Or are having to turn down jobs after going back after leave because they won’t flex

Met a lady in the park and she was telling me she had asked her job to flex for 2 weeks while they sorted getting mother in law over from abroad she needed to start at 10:30 instead of 9 just for two weeks and they said no she had to resign as they just wouldn’t flex she had worked their for 10 years she was very shocked 🤯

The way to part time is to be full time for a while and then reduce your hours. Short term pain for long term gains

I am a highly qualified professional working part time. It's not hindered me in the slightest.

If they have the degrees and presumably the wages to go with it,why aren't their husbands/partners taking part time jobs?
I have the less hours/worse paid job because even before children OH outearned me by thousands.

We have an education psychologist who works part time. Many of our social workers do as well so does a school nurse and some of the sexual exploitation case workers.
I bet they are all glad they haven't torn up their qualifications!

I got promoted working part time...........
Good job, good salary

One of the big 4 accountancy firms does a return. To work scheme. School hours, summer off in lots of areas in the business. It's becoming a business imperative now with a focus on inclusion and diversity so there are roles out there. In fact I think never has there been so much opportunity for women and part time working!

Lots of women part time in my profession.
And lots of friends part time but still using their degree.
However I have found that most have gone part time when returning from maternity and not many of these jobs would ever be advertised as part time

Wow glad to here not eveyone then must be people I speak to

Just googled- it's KPMG and if they do it the others will follow!

My dc's school are very part time friendly, a number of teachers have had babies and return to a two/three day week job share.

It’s a very British thing to want to work part time.
I don't think that's true. I'm not in the UK. In our department there are 21 people, 18 of whom work part time. (But then our standard working week is 42 hours)

That's definitely NOT true

I work for a big 4 accountancy practice and you would be surprised how many people work part-time. We're very flexible and allow working from home on top plus there's a parents' network. Absolutely loads of people both men and women work part-time and it doesn't hinder their careers at all. They couldn't do the roles that they do without their qualification so what you are saying is definitively not true.

In my line of service the European head of practice (massive role - I can't even imagine how much he must earn) works part-time and has done so since his kids were born. He is dutch though and p/t working is slightly more common in the Netherlands.

Sorry - my firm is not KPMG - and I should have added about the summertime not working option. PwC also do this btw

I'm a teacher and I have had 2 part-time posts over the course of my career so far. I'm currently working as a supply teacher, for several reasons, and get plenty of work. I only do 2-4 days a week during term time though, due to childcare issues, but I don't feel that it's holding me back.

It’s a very British thing to want to work part time.

Even if it is (which I'm not sure it is), so what?