Going part time

Re: Going part time

• jlaOK member

  October 2012

  I went PT after I had DS.  Worked 3 days/week up until he turned 2 and now I work 4 days/week.  I get paid hourly, so I took a pay cut to do this.  I am still happy that I made the decision to work PT.  The only "regret" I have is that I don't make as much money as I could, but I'm happy with what I make and contribute to the family.  I think the key to making working part-time successful is to have a supervisior who is supportive and understands the benefits/downfalls to this work situation.

  Good luck!

  

                                                

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• ppants member

  October 2012

  I went PT once my twins started kindergarten last year.  I wanted to be able to get them to school and pick them up.  I'd worked at my job for 10 yrs at the time, and was telling my boss every year that this was my intention assuming DH and I could afford it.  I love it.  I work 4 day/wk and have one day off a week to run errands, dr appts, and we are building a house.

  Wendy Twins 1/27/06. DS and DD

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• azuremama

  October 2012

  I scaled back to 32 hours a week when DS was around a year old.  It's great for me.  I love having the extra day with the kids.  It's great both to be able to do fun stuff during the week when it's less crowded and to have that extra time to do laundry, run to the grocery store, make a dinner that takes longer than 20 minutes.    My pay and benefits were cut to 4/5 of what they were before, but it's totally worth it for me.

  I'd talk about what happens to your extra work, how you see your schedule working, why it would benefit both you and the company.  If there are others who do part-time work, talk to them and see how it went and if they have tips.

  A problem some people face is having to do full-time work on a p/t schedule.  If I were doing a lot of nights/weekends or coming in on my day off, I don't know if it'd be worth it.  Also, our daycare will only do p/t for kids over 3, so I still pay full-time rates for my daughter. 

  

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• saraboston

  October 2012

  I did. I went from 40 to 33, which works out to about 6.5 hr days. It was a significant pay cut, but it definitely works better for our family.
  

   
  

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• jf198400 member

  October 2012

  I went to PT after my 2nd ML, 32hrs/week.  I took a 20% paycut, but it was worth it to have the extra day at home with my kids.  It was the best decision ever.  I am now switching jobs and going back to FT, but the commute is much shorter so I think it somewhat evens it out a bit.

  
  
  
  
  

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