I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job

Re:I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job by deadlyllama on Sunday August 25, 2019 @03:52AM (#20791887)

I joined a startup back in 2009 and negotiated a 4 day work week for a 20% reduction in pay. Spent my day off doing community ministry work in a poor neighbourhood. It was great. The day off provided fulfilment that the job never would have.

It helped that we were in the middle of the GFC and the idea of 9 day fortnights were in the news as a way for employers to cut costs.

Later I managed to keep that job and work remotely, living in a smaller town with low living costs. Even better! The small town also had fibre in our street so for a while I had faster internet than head office :-)

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Re:I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job by jrib on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:34AM (#20792239)

That sounds like a great arrangement. What were your for workdays like, did you work 8ish hours or did you have to work longer days?

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Re:I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job by deadlyllama on Sunday August 25, 2019 @03:20PM (#20794919)

Ha! In my interview they asked that. 8 hour days.

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