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I work 4 hours a day since 2017. Of course this is a huge privilege. I could not imagine how I could combine kids, friends and hobbies with a 8 hour work day.
16hrs a week after 630est.
I know that I am very privileged to be able to work as I do in my career, and I've worked in warehouses, janitorial duties, etc. so I know how hard it can be to do those kinds of jobs where there isn't the ability to get the same job done in less hours; although I do have to say if you told a warehouse worker at the warehouse I worked at "get X number of pulls done, safely, then go home and I'll pay you for the day anyways" I would imagine they could be working for ~4 hours a day as well (there's a lot of down-time at some of those jobs, due to the fact there is no reason to be quicker). Only on the manufacturing floor where I worked do I think you'd really have to work the full 8-10 hours to get the number of units built, but in that case there was definitely room for process improvement.
I’m already part time as a senior engineer. But I make full time pay. If your intention is to pay less than full time salary, I’d imagine many of your target engineers are in my position and wouldn’t want the pay cut.
I'm looking for something to replace my side job? 16hrs a week after 630est.
I work 4 hours a day since 2017. Of course this is a huge privilege. I could not imagine how I could combine kids, friends and hobbies with a 8 hour work day.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but would your friends not still be working 8h/day? How would having 4h/day help see your friends? Did all of you manage to cut it down to 4h/day?!
A traditional job would be
7am - up, breakfast
8am - leave home
9am - get into office
5pm - leave office
6pm - get home, see kids
7pm - make + eat dinner
8pm - chores (washing, gardening, etc)
9pm - hobbies / friends start
11pm - bed
a 4 hour day
7am - up, breakfast
8am - start work
12pm - stop work, chores
1pm - hobbies start
3pm - kids back
5pm - cook/eat dinner
6pm - hobbies / friends start
11pm bed