[andrea_sdl]

Working part time. Inspired by a comment here in HN I decided 3 years ago to take the leap and moving from 5 days/week to 3.5day/week to spend more time with my family.

My paycheck is less but I get to enjoy life a lot more and I have more time to replenish my energies. I remember that before this I always felt out of breath at work. Too much high paced, too little time. After this change I got more efficient (and I was efficient before) and that feeling of time missing to do things has gone away.

For anyone reading: if you have a decent pay and have been employed in the company for some time, consider this option. Chances are they'll agree to moving onto part-time with no trouble and the benefits are well beyond the change in the money you earn.

[hanley]

How do they handle company benefits like 401k, health care, etc when you reduce your hours down from "full-time"?

[WhompingWindows]

"The benefits are well beyond the change"...unless you lose your benefits for not working full time.

[polalavik]

In Most circumstances employers don’t actually define “full time” as 40 hours. My employer, for example, defines full time as someone working over 32 hours which means I can work one less day and retain full benefits.