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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The key to working part time is to make the actual number of days you work less, not just the hours.

It is just as much hassle and lost time to work 5 days per week for only 5 hours per day, for example, than to just stay the extra 3 for a full day. Commuting, getting up, getting  dressed, preparing lunch and dinner, getting the kids situated, all of that is the same whether you work 5, 6 or 8 hours. And then coming home and trying to join in on any social thing or try to run errands before the rush hour traffic and crowd takes over.

The only way to make a part time job feel like a real difference is to decrease the days that you have to work, and then don't worry about the hours you are there. Work Tues Weds Thurs for 10 hours each day, it will be a hell of a lot better than every day for for 5 hours.

Otherwise, no, trying to leave a couple hours early is not that much of a difference to justify the loss of income and benefits [/quote]

I agree with this. I work 2 days a week and try to keep it to just that. My boss tried to convince me to add another day by working 2 other half days, or doing 6 hours another day, for which she'd prorate my daily rate, but I refused. I'd still have to get the kids ready and lose the most productive hours of a day at work, while getting paid less per day.[/quote]

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