Full timers v Part timers

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If you work in a job where there are part timers and full timers do you find that there is a lot of animosity from the full timers towards the part timers?

No not at all

No not at all
its in an industry where part time is very common

I’m in consulting. I hear a lot of gossip behind part-timers’ backs and know they often aren’t considered for promotion (even though more senior roles in our organization are actually better suited to part-time work than some of the junior roles). Everyone expects part-timers to only be part-time for a while. It’s almost treated like an illness. I really want to go part time, but one of my main concerns is the perception of it.

A bit. Sometimes since comments. I am
Part time. I work with full time colleagues. I gentle reminder them they can also opt to take a pay cut too... I don't get paid what they do.

None at all. Energy industry

I get the occasional comment but I always remind them that I get 60% of their pay (and that actually I end up working more hours than them pro-rata as mine isn't the sort of job I can always ignore on my days off). I also remind them that they could choose to go part-time (as my company has never said no to such a request - though not always given the exact pattern requested) and that I'd thoroughly recommend it.

Luckily for me, I work in a small firm run by someone who in his younger days worked flexibly around his children so being part-time is not a hindrance and indeed 3 of the 4 most senior staff (other than the boss) are part-time.

There is some.

We have a few who work PT and job share. Tend to be support roles, usually PAs. I don’t think they’ve been given any guidance or training on how to effectively job share so stuff like complete lack of handover annoys people.

We have some client facing people who are PT. It really depends on the role and even particular projects. It doesn’t always go smoothly but I don’t sense animosity towards the individuals usually, more that as an organisation we usually fail to appropriately resource projects to allow for PT team members so other end up picking stuff up on their non working days.

I've worked part time for 20 years and never felt any animosity at all. I've always done my job and worked on past my hours if there was a "rush on". No one has ever made that "part timer" comment except in jest.

Work in IT. It’s totally acceptable to be part time. It tends to be very flexible too: but these days it’s pointless setting up a meeting around 9am or 3pm as half the workforce are on the school run.

I work part time in retail and have a lot of comments made about my working pattern from colleagues.
No matter what shift pattern I do its never good enough for the full timers, they always moan 🙄

Yes but I think both sides have to just accept it for what it is.

I'm a part timer and certainly don't hear anything to my face anyway! I'm in university admin. I can see it may cause an issue where other people pick up your work on days off but that doesn't happen in my case, I look after a team of academics and no one covers for me unless I'm on leave, so no real reason for anyone to take issue with it.

Yes, loads. There are lots of digs about how little part timers do (employed hours, the PTers are ironically more productive on paper). The FTers also forget fewer hours means a smaller pay packet for PTers.

I'm the part timer, I work 20 hours a week within school hours. There are a couple of others who work a little less than full time, but almost everyone does the full 40.

I haven't noticed any animosity but perhaps it's all done behind my back! It can be a very bitchy environment so I wouldn't be surprised- especially from some of the others who have children so would like to be able to work around school hours like me, but can't.

This was always my response.

i went back full time because i was actually doing the same amount of work as full-timers but on 80% of the pay. Which if frequently pointed out to when work was handed out and i got an equal amount!

I used to work "part time" in retail also, some weeks I did 8 hours but others I may of done 30. Both part time hours I know but used to get a lot of others commenting how I was "barely there". I've recently transferred from store to warehouse and what a difference in attitudes, no one has an issue.

I'm the part-timer. No animosity at all, in fact they are relieved to see me usually, as I'm the only one in the team who can do my job. 😂

Yes and no. One of our part timers does Monday-Wed, by noon on Wednesday she winds right down and deliberately leaves anything ‘too hard’ for the other part time (does Thurs/Fri) lady who has to then deal.

No, none. But then in the area I work in, everyone's roles are slightly different and there's no expectation to pick up anyone else's work when they're off, so there's no reason for it to be an issue.

Yes in teaching. Shared classes. Teachers rocking up and clear its an inconvenience.

Having to work with part timers on a group task is annoying as we know its us that will end up doing it all as they are never in.

I find comments are either down to thoughtlessness e.g. junior colleague asking me every Friday if I 'enjoyed my day off' the previous day. That's the day "off" I invariably spend most of working, so that I can hold down my job, be there for my SEN child, and do a 2.5 hour commute (mind you, I wouldn't have got it at 22 either).

Or people who are secretly or not so secretly jealous. In which case I remind them I get paid 60% of FTE to work 4 days.

It's rife in teaching. I teach a subject where there's a huge shortage of teachers and have several times recently had to justify my desire to work part time when they had contacted me about a vacancy. I mean, I can see it from their point of view but I'm just not able to work 60 hours a week plus commute.

Not much, but in my industry PT only happens in a couple of areas, and usually 4 days.

No, but we all have our own caseloads and manage them ourselves. I wouldn’t really know in detail what my colleagues do.

nope

I'm full time. I've never heard any animosity to part timers. I'm third sector now but I've worked in different sectors.

I've found that when part timers book meetings they book around their working hours. For example, I work 7am - 3pm. My colleague is part time and works 1pm - 5pm every week day. She will regularly book meetings after 3pm. It's frustrating.I don't think that is because she is part time though. I do resent it, but not because she works less hours than me.