[blackRust]

Short answer: Yes, it is possible.

Source: It's exactly what I do (0.6 FTE job + part-time MSc).

From personal experience, I would say it's harder to find something part-time up front. Telling your current employer that you want to reduce your hours, for the reasons you describe, is what worked for me. You need to be in a position where they are happy with your work, and you need to clear any doubts about this change having any negative effect on your team.

From my perspective, being part-time greatly discourages me from micro-managing: I just don't have the free time that might lead me down that negative path.

Finally, my employer gets way more than 0.6 FTE of work from me (and I don't do extra hours). IMO they get more "bang for their buck": I concentrate on what's important, and work through things more efficiently.

[thriveaway]

Thanks, good to hear :)

I have no fear over micromanaging... my plate is usually full enough not to waste time on that. However I find it much harder to let employees grow in areas they are not sufficiently autonomous yet. Giving the freedom to take a more responsibility for things beyond the narrow focus of what they usually do often results in things not getting done at all or not very well.

I definitely agree on the "bang for the buck". I can't offer the amount of energy I can put in to each of 3 days for 5 days in a row.