[duncanc4]

It’s already common to work part time as a software engineer here in Germany. I work 30 hours a week (6 hours a day) and have 75% of a full time salary. I actually get the same amount of vacation as full time since the vacation is based on working five days a week and not working 40 hours a week. There is no loss of benefits.

[ernestipark]

Very cool. When you say common, can you quantify this at all or are there job boards or listings where people to go find these types of jobs?

[duncanc4]

I don’t have any numbers, but some job postings will say full time, part time, or will have a minimum number of hours they offer. Some will also give a percentage range of hours they offer of part time to full time.

If the posting doesn’t say, I just brought it up during the initial call so we were on the same page before continuing the interview process. Most German companies didn’t have a problem with it, but I found that UK and US companies did.

Keep in mind working hours are fixed in your contract and it’s not unspecified like in the US.

[dekleinewolf]

In the Netherlands, the right to work part time (at companies >= 10 employees) is mandated by law. So every single job is this type of job.

At the Engineering firm I work at I would say roughly 30% of employees work part time.

[ernestipark]

Is it just pro-rated comp based on time? How do benefits work in the Netherlands?