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A comment on Ask HN: Working part-time in tech?.

Re:Ask HN: Working part-time in tech? by daxfohl on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:32PM (#24402569)
My wife arranged this and ended up getting just as much work thrown at her, working just as much, but getting paid less and next to zero promotability. She obviously went back to full time after about six months.
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Re:Ask HN: Working part-time in tech? by jazz_from_hell on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:37PM (#24402614)
Ouch. There are definitely pitfalls along this path. And if the manager doesn’t understand what the deal implies I’m sure it can be very hard and stressful. Too bad it didn’t work out for your wife.
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Re:Ask HN: Working part-time in tech? by quickthrower2 on Monday September 07, 2020 @05:00PM (#24402821)
That’s why it’s good to have two things. One is to be able to easily pick up a job somewhere else for same pay and benefits if required. Second is to say no, ideally in a respectful way. Pretend you have another boss vying for those other 8 hours (this boss is you of course!)
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