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Ask HN: What companies offer part-time positions?

by ernestipark on 12/14/22, 1:09 AM with 50 comments

Gumroad somewhat notably is a company that has only part-time employees. There are some companies that do a 4 day work week, and some big companies like Google have policies where full-timers can ask to go down to 60% or 80% pro-rated, but you can't apply directly for those positions.

Are there other companies like Gumroad that offer part-time employment as a competitive hiring advantage and as a formalized program? Note I'm not asking for companies that have allowed it one-off for a key hire, or a company that hires contractors occasionally.

  • by iamevn on 12/14/22, 7:20 AM

    Fwiw, I got a lot of pushback at Google when I requested to go to 80% or 90% (4 day week or alternating 4/5 day week) for the sake of my mental health. I tried to be firm about that being the best accomodation for my needs and got nowhere except seriously burnt-out months later, put on a PIP, worked my ass off to get off the PIP, and finally quit when I couldn't just suffer through the burnout any longer.

    So take those "policies" with a grain of salt.

  • by art0rz on 12/14/22, 5:56 AM

    Here in The Netherlands it is quite common for employees to work 4 days a week and receive 80% pay. Most employees will even ask you about it during the interview process.

    Most of the people I know who do this is because of the cost of daycare here, which is in most places higher than your rent or mortgage. Both partners will work 4 days but have different off days, so they pay only for 3 days of day care.

  • by sdfhbdf on 12/14/22, 9:51 AM

    As a someone who has worked part time (50%) for a few years now in different companies, I just apply to full time positions and ask about part time towards the end of the process. I found more often than not companies i talked to agreed. Asking early in the process might be more of a reason for a company to just reject you outright. It seems many hiring managers I met think that 50% time equals 50% output which is far from the truth.

    I think there might be a bigger shift towards part time being the norm in some time.

    Of course another way is to do consulting/freelance :)

    Also i’m in the EU so YMMV.

  • by tareqak on 12/14/22, 2:10 AM

    https://4dayweek.io/ has both 4 day week positions and part-time positions.

  • by devoutsalsa on 12/14/22, 4:30 AM

    Any easy job you can do in 4 hours per day for 8 hours of pay.

  • by AussieWog93 on 12/14/22, 3:23 AM

    Outside of tech, optional part time roles are extremely common.

    Pretty much mandatory if you want to retain women, TBH.

  • by ezedv on 12/16/22, 1:59 PM

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  • by jdmtheNth on 12/14/22, 4:43 PM

    Most people have the opposite problem; they have to take multiple jobs just to equal full time work.

  • by boppo1 on 12/14/22, 4:54 AM

    This is of great interest to me. Unfortunately I'm probably not talented enough to be competitive.

  • by TbobbyZ on 12/14/22, 5:49 AM

    It’s difficult to work a part-time and a full :(

  • by sph on 12/14/22, 9:24 AM

    4 days a week (30+ hours) is not part time.

  • by saperyton on 12/14/22, 3:13 AM

    Automattic

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