Comment on Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek for its employees
kayazere@feddit.nl 1 week agoIn Germany it’s quiet common to work part time and you have the same employment benefits and legal standing as someone working full time, there is no discrimination like in the US.
So I willing reduced my working hours to 30 hours a week. I am working 75% and get 75% of a full time salary. I actually get the same vacation as someone working 100%, as vacation is based on number of days a week worked rather than hours.
Since I don’t need the extra money, there’s no reason to work full time.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 week ago
This is incredible. So much that it’s kinda hard to believe.
Yeah, as it sounds like you’re aware, if you’re not a full-time-company-person in the U.S, you’re basically expendable dirt here.
But we also have a majority of benefits tied to full-time employment. My wife and I live with family and both work part time…we both agree that jobs’ intrusion into peoples’ life space is a huge source of destroyed relationships and broken homes, depression, and plenty more social maladies.
It’s simply not worth it.