I worked part time for a couple of years before I ended up full time in my profession. It's a luxury few people have, but quite common in my line of work. But

I worked part time for a couple of years before I ended up full time in my profession. It's a luxury few people have, but quite common in my line of work. But having hired people, I see this from the other end. I have precisely one person under me. It's all we can afford and I'm in municipal government, so positions are not easy to create. Given that situation, and how hard it is to get rid of someone, I have to be really careful who I hire and that means favoring experience. I expect more supervisors than not are in my position, wanting to mentor but not being able to take the risk.