AIBU?
To ask if you’d go part time if it was an option?
Salarymallory · 01/04/2021 07:09
If you’re full time, and we’re given the choice of going to 60% ie three days a week, would you take it? Pro rata salary BUT the actual financial impact wouldn’t be 40% reduction but actually only 20%.
So in a nutshell
60% of full time hours. Two days off a week.
Reduction in income of 20% and it doesn’t have any financial negative effect on your life at all.
Would you say yes
Or do you enjoy full time?
Am I being unreasonable?
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JeanClaudeVanDammit · 01/04/2021 07:14
Yes. I went part time to 80% and do have to be firm about not ending up doing a full time position for 20% less pay, if I could have dropped 2 days for the 80% money I’d have jumped at it! In my case it was for childcare, but even without children a couple of days off in the week would be lovely.
Throwntothewolves · 01/04/2021 07:22
Though I love my job, I have seriously thought about it before due to health and childcare. I'm glad I didn't though as DH became really unwell with depression and has struggled to work consistently since, if I'd have reduced my income it could have been a real problem. Also there's my pension, which is excellent. In recent times Covid has meant part timers are at greater risk of being made redundant, depending on their job role.
My aim now is to retire early.
So a lot to consider. But if you can do it while retaining financial and job security, go for it.
Chasingsquirrels · 01/04/2021 07:30
I am/have.
I dropped to 3 days (21.5 hrs) after ds1 was born and have done various combinations since - 3 full days, 1 full & 3 part days, 3 part days (18 hours), 4 part days (20 hours), and now 4 part days (24) hours.
Full time at my work is now 7.75h/p/d so my 24 is 61%.
Ds1 is now 18.5, ds2 is 15.
I won't be working full time again if I don't need to financially, which I don't foresee being necessary.
I do however work longer hours at busier times, I'm effectively full time in Dec & Jan. I book thus as TOIL and take it back when I'm not so busy.
DublinDoris2000 · 01/04/2021 07:39
After returning to work after mat leave I worked 3 days, then 4 days in a consultant/ professional job. Financially it was okay, once you consider tax/travel/lunch/ childcare. But I definitely felt a bit sidelined from important projects on three days a week and career progression would have been slower. Four days a week was a great balance of more time at home but not being put on the mum-track at work.
amymel2016 · 01/04/2021 07:40
I went part time (5 days to 3.5) but found I was still doing the same amount of work for less money. So I now work full time but compressed hours, I do 3 long days and make up any extra hours in the evenings, it works for me as I get 2 days with my children but also get paid a full wage.
Lightsabre · 01/04/2021 07:45
I like the idea of this but as pp have said be careful that you won't have a full time workload in part time hours. I also prioritise my pension so would have to think carefully about this - might be good for a few years whilst children are in primary school for example.
zzzebra · 01/04/2021 07:45
I've gone from 5 to 4 days in all my previous jobs. At all of them I've ended up just doing 5days of work over 4days by doing an extra hour or 2 a day.
So same amount of work and less pay. But I didn't really mind that as it's still a day off a week.
But recently I went from 5 days to 3 days, and ended up going up to 4 days. It just wasn't possible to do the work in 3 days and I ended up online on my days off.
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