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by IshKebab 1580 days ago
> You already have this now - always had it. There's nothing new or interesting about what you're "proposing".

That's not remotely true. There's a real stigma about part-time work and most employers would just say NEXT! if you said "please can I work 4 days a week for 80% pay?".
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thesuitonym 1580 days ago
Yes, but the person you're replying to is talking to an employer who wishes they could hire someone to work 80% time for 80% pay, but somehow isn't able to do that (Hint: It's because they don't really want to)
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krickkrack 1580 days ago
Employees can and do work part-time. What a silly 'diss' lol.
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hdjjhhvvhga 1580 days ago
Not as much as they would like to. I'd love to exchange a day for 20% cut, but it's not an option. Nobody will agree to that. Same with my colleagues. We don't need that 20% money but nobody cares. Even now when we're working from home at least a few days a week. It's simply not an option.

But thanks to global changes, country by country, this mentality will slowly be changed and finally 4-day week won't be some strange option but a norm.

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thesuitonym 1580 days ago
You sure can, and you can enjoy not having health insurance, vacation time, retirement contributions, or anything else that makes working less unbearable.
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ghaff 1580 days ago
Well, it's not 80% pay given benefits and overhead costs associated with having an employee. Probably more like a 30%+ cut.

ADDED: Assuming it really is a 20% cut in productivity which, for office workers, probably isn't the case but would be for many others including white collar jobs like lawyers, doctors, consultants, etc.

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IshKebab 1580 days ago
Yeah mean a 15% cut right, because the fixed overheads stay the same? Yeah that's probably why most employers aren't keen on it.
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mettamage 1580 days ago
It is possible, you need to be at a company where work is viewed as work and the rest of your life as the rest of your life. Not all companies are like this, some companies think that your work is your life. With those companies they'd probably next you.

Then again, I'm just n=1.

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IshKebab 1580 days ago
Yeah I mean, I've done it for about a year. But we're definitely the lucky ones.
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