I'm about to go back to work after seven months maternity leave. The company I work for - notoriously un-child-friendly - have agreed by some miracle to let me come back part-time. This is quite unusual in itself. I've managed to get them to agree to me cutting my hours in half and will work four five-hour days per week. They've sent me a letter to confirm that my salary, hours, pension, holiday etc is all now halved, but the one thing they haven't made is any cuts to my workload. In fact, they make it clear that they expect me to continue my role as before. I'm really grateful that I can now work part-time (hope that doesn't make me sound like a snivelling wimp) but can suddenly see that I must have 'Deal of the Week' flashing above my head in neon lights. I'm going to be doing the same job at half the price! Shouldn't we have talked about how my role would be cut too? Any thoughts much appareciated.