No, but I'd like to have more control over the hours I do work. I'm most functional between 12pm-7pm (we don't have kids and aren't planning to) but most places start their core hours at 9am with more enterprise-y clients starting at 8am sometimes (most do have kids, and this timing works better for picking them up from school and such).
Would senior engineers be interested in working reduced hours or part time?
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#72Very much so! i have been trying to promote pretty much exactly that on my "who wants to be hired posts"
I don't even expect a commitment for a fixed number of hours or fixed monthly pay (although a fixed monthly retainer would make accounting easier), but i am happy to come in on demand as needed (up to a limit)
what i am looking for is a company where i can join a team and make a meaningful contribution that takes advantage of my experience.
i particularly enjoy working with junior developers and want to help them grow.
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#73Part of the reason I went freelance. If I can't get 4 day weeks, then I'll work for 6-8 months then take off just as long. I need breaks and I can't work on W2 ever again because of it.
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#75Absolutely!
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#76I started doing exactly this at the start of the year.
I'm now working 25% less than my full-time colleagues over 4 days (ie: I work one less day a week, and a slightly shorter work day). I absolutely love it and would never go back.
Of course it helps that I'm lucky enough to be in an industry where a 25% reduction in salary is still more than enough to be able to pay the mortgage and support my family.
I'm actually hoping to ultimately go down to three days a week, just need to make sure it will still work financially.
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#77Working fewer hours for pay that meets my needs is the number one thing a company could do to attract me, with #2 being more vacation days, and #3 being more pay.
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#78Next year I’m taking a sabbatical, and I really wish I could go on part-time, later on. Right now I like my job, but my interests are much more on the outside. But I am very very lucky because money is not a big problem. I worked for 21 years, and always loved it - still loving it.
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#79YES YES YES. I'm so freaking burned out. I need some time to get my life back to a comfortable pace, and I constantly consider fully quitting my job, but that seems too drastic. More importantly, I don't want to 100% stop working because I actually do love working. I just can't figure out how to care for my family, my mental and physical health, and put in 40+ hours at my job. (Seniority wise, I've got 18 years of ex…
I'm with you!
I'm already on a "reduced 30 hr/week expectation" but just submitted notice of needing leave, drastically dropping to reduced part-time hours, or parting ways.
I'd love to hear and learn more about you. You might be a fit for my current employer. Shoot me an email found in my profile if you're interested.
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#80Yes! I'm a senior engineer working part time right now, exactly the way I want it.