I'm guessing here, but it's usually hard to convince the right people.. I've been through this for me personally, so obviously anecdotal, but even if you take a

I'm guessing here, but it's usually hard to convince the right people.. I've been through this for me personally, so obviously anecdotal, but even if you take an equivalent pay cut people are often reluctant to let you work less because "how will you get anything done", even though there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. But admittedly it's quite counterintuitive too, saying I'll work less but I'll be more productive..