Ask HN: What companies offer part-time positions?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • I wanted to recommend this really great blockchain page called Rather Labs (https://www.ratherlabs.com) to you. They offer a wide range of part-time positions in the blockchain industry, and I think it could be a great opportunity for anyone looking to get into the field or gain more experience.

    The page has a lot of useful information about the different positions available, as well as information on the requirements and application process. I think it could be a great resource for anyone looking to find a part-time job in the blockchain industry.

    In addition, if you have a Web3 project in mind and you want to develop it, Rather Labs can help you with that. I contacted them in the past in order to tell them about my project, and they were willing to help me.

    I hope you find this recommendation helpful! Let me know if you have any questions.

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

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

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

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

  • Automattic

  • Hi, there! We're actually hiring part-time positions as our brand ambassador. we're a start up, click https://www.producthunt.com/posts/allvalue to know more and leave a comment if you're interested in our brand ambassador and I'll reach out to you ASAP :)