FT to PT?

Ridgebackmom · October 2013

Has anyone gone from full time to part time at the same job? How did you ask/handle this with your managers?
Let me know your thoughts...I'm not sure we can even swing it financially!

jlaOK · October 2013

I did. I worked for a municipality where they had PT employees, so I knew that it was an option. I approached my boss and asked him and gave him a written request with my proposed schedule. It took some time, but was eventually approved.

Being able to afford it is a huge thing to consider. Not only did my salary drop (went from salary to hourly) but I was locked in at my current hourly rate and could no longer receive performance bonuses. On top of that I was no longer able to contribute to retirement (contribute to my own personal account), had to get life insurance on my own, had to be added to DH's medical insurance, and had no sick/vacation leave. All of those things need to be considered when looking at finances.

jf198400 · October 2013

Similar to PP, I worked for a large company that had PT employees. I talked to my boss before ML about going PT. While on leave I sent a written request with my new schedule. Unlike PP, it did not effect my benefits. I still accrued PTO at 80% of my previous rate. I still got insurance and 401k match. So talk to your HR to find out what their policies are.

Ridgebackmom · October 2013

Thanks ladies, I will consider it and make sure I talk to HR. I work for a very small organization so we'll see!

AZ123 · October 2013

I work for a small company. I knew of only 1 other part time employee. I had planted a seed awhile ago with my boss that it was something I was interested in doing. I then formally requested it and set an advance start date of a few months to help my department and everyone transition. before I asked this I did talk to HR to see how many hours i needed to work to keep what benefits. I then negotiated an hourly rate for weeks when there were big transactions where I'd need to work extra hours. I had heard from other FT to PT people that you still work almost FT and not get paid for it because the work load is still there so I wanted to make sure that didn't happen to me.

NicoleWI · October 2013

I did but was only able to do so as part of my transition out. I have a job that really should be FT but for a variety of reasons they were willing to let me try it PT until the end of the year when I "retire." I work 3 days in the office, Thursdays from home, and am off Fridays. It's AWESOME. It's SO MUCH BETTER for me than working FT. On the downside, I get 80% of my pay, but I pay significantly more for our family insurance coverage. It's not a straight pro-rating and when you work less than FT, you pay a lot more...so that is sucky. I also get vacation time, etc at 80% of what others get. Despite that fact that I make a pretty good salary, I am now working only for what they ARE putting into insurance and for my retirement savings and benefits--I would have had very little actual take-home pay after taxes, child care costs, etc.

*sparky* · October 2013

I have done this. It so happened that our department was in a bit of flux at the time anyway, so I figured out what I would still manage and what could be split off, my proposed schedule and pay, and who would take on what. I got the guy who reported to me a bit of an increase out of my pay cut, for the extra work he was going to take on. I also agreed to be flexible with my schedule when needed, but only within reason.

I do have to say it started out a little rough but after a couple of modifications it has worked out ok. Part of it was me - I had to learn to say no to calls on my days off, and not to start up my computer on days off either because I would easily get sucked into a couple of hours of work.

I was originally three days/week but now have changed that so that one week a month, when we are very busy, I work four days. Also, I have had a new boss come on board in the past few months and he is not very happy with the arrangement. So I would say from what I have seen the success with something like this varies from company to company and manager to manager.

The best way to approach it is with a well thought out plan, and then take it from there. GL!

Katelobster · October 2013

I asked nicely. I also work for a municipality. We have spent the last 6 years in a budget crunch barely avoiding layoffs and furloughs, so the Big Boss was all too happy to have $20k worth of my salary and benefits back in the bank. That was the aspect I played up- good for employer bc they save money, good for me because it's what I want, everybody wins. while I was on mat. leave, we had a PT intern filling in for some of my duties that the boss liked. He was continuing school in the area and agreed to come back fir 'special projects' if I ever got overloaded, but it didn't happen.

Because we went from planning for super expensive FT infant daycare to my mom watching our kiddo for free, going from FT to PT ended up being almost revenue neutral, even with the loss of my benefits. But with PT daycare (at least in centers in my area) costing 25% more per day than FT daycare, it would have barely been worth it. I'd be working 3 days a week to bring home $150 after daycare.

I hope it works out for you. Going from FT to PT has been awesome for my family and myself.

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