Do you accept a lower salary if you opt to work four days a week?

80% of a good salary is still good. I have rejected one job recently because it turned out they were talking about a full-time salary while I assumed it was for my normal 4-day work week, so in the late stages of the talks, salary suddenly dropped 20% from my perspective. It wasn't the only problem with the job (it was a bit further away than I'd like), but it was the drop that made me look elsewhere. (I'm now doing something similar that's closer and pays better.)

I don't think a 4 day work week is 20% less productive than a 5 day one, but generally 80% of a full-time salary in this line of work is still more than enough.

I would hope not. This article suggests that this is not the case (sorry about the adblocker modal): https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/06/professor-aims-to-...

No, there’s some confusion here. There are two distinct benefits you are entitled to when you become a father.

One is that you get exactly 1 week of paid leave.

The other is the right to take 26 weeks of unpaid ‘parental leave’ during the first 9 years, which is often used to e.g. start working 4 days a week (the leave is used at a rate of 1 day per week then; you could also use it for taking half a year off at once).

So "only" 2.5 years of 4-day weeks, with reduced pay.

My wife's job pays 75% percent for parental leave days, but that's not a requirement.

Personally, I only apply for jobs that let me work 4 day weeks permanently; I hate having to count how many days I've got left for whatever. (It's the main advantage of being a freelancer to me: no limit on how many vacation days I take.)

If that's the case, why do only 28% of working men opt-in for that benefit?

Also, it's pretty wild that you are effectively entitled by law to a 25% increase in salary if you have a child under 9.

>Also, it's pretty wild that you are effectively entitled by law to a 25% increase in salary if you have a child under 9.

That's incorrect. It's at a reduced salary.

If you're on a permanent contract and if your full-time function isn't in some way demonstrably critical to the business, you're also entitled to work fewer hours if you want, unrelated to children.

> That's incorrect. It's at a reduced salary.

So I presumed, which is why I responded with disbelief to a commenter that sad (in response to a question whether salary is reduced):

> I would hope not. This article suggests that this is not the case

Yes, you only get paid 80% of your former salary.

Had never heard of this. Wow.

It's one of the reasons why the Dutch are world champions at part-time work. Most women work part-time, and quite a lot of men do too. Not even just for kids; my brother is single and has never worked more than 4 days a week. Gives him more time for his hobbies.