Renegotiating terms at work - how do I do it?
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heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Does any one have experience of cutting their hours down at work? I don't know how to approach it really. I don't think I want to mention stress. I can just imagine my gaffer's reaction and subsequently being treated like the team leper.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i did manage it (after some arguing) with a previous employer, on combination of crappy health and wanting to be able to do more stuff for ageing mum-tat.
they were not at all positive about it, their general position seemed to be (although not quite put sufficiently clearly for me to bring a discrimination case) that going part time was ok for women, as they don't have serious careers anyway and are expected to care for family members, but not on for men who don't do that sort of thing.
are you wanting to do this on health grounds? (there are some legal protections for people with 'long term health conditions' under the disabilities strand of equalities law, although it needs to be a condition you have already declared to them)
have others in your workplace done this? do they have a formal policy on (for example) job-sharing?
from your boss's perspective, what's in this for him / organisation?
having said that, another organisation i worked for did ask if anyone wanted to go part time as part of a round of cuts, this being an alternative to making people redundant.
Mapped
London town
I've kind-off just done something like this. I've got an agreement for a compressed hours working arrangement, which means that my 35 hr week is now over 4 days and I get paid the same. In reality I'm just doing the same hours on those days, as my job involves travel and extra work, however now can't bother me on Mondays. My reason for this is to look after my child, as my wife's company has made her work more hours. I got backing from my line manager and director and they told HR to draft an agreement.
Nice not to work Mondays now
Someone else in my team has negotiated proper reduced hours, reduced pay due to increased family pressures/caring outside work. I think a lot depends on your employer and relationship with your management.
