You said "I don't know ANYONE...", and I gave a counter example of how SOMEONE might choose to take a pay cut in return for fewer hours. While our household inc

You said "I don't know ANYONE...", and I gave a counter example of how SOMEONE might choose to take a pay cut in return for fewer hours. While our household income didn't go down by 20%, her own disposable income did go down by 20% (actually more than that since she kept her 401k contribution the same, she pays a fixed amount for health care so that ended up being a higher percentage of her income, and her transit pass was not any cheaper even though she only needed it 4 days a week instead of 5). Our needs are pretty modest compared to our income, we try to live below our means... if a law were passed that no one could work more than 6 hours/day, we'd get along just fine. I took a 15% pay cut just to move to a job closer to home - I gave up a 60 - 90 minute commute in exchange for a 10 minute bike commute.