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I would imagine that many top DEVs would love to work for a company that allows part-time work and be happy to take less money to do so.

• hocuspocus 7y ago
  It's very common in some countries, here in Switzerland I could literally reduce my work hours to 90 or 80% with a couple clicks on the company HR portal, and even further down with approval from my manager. But even in the US, I know people at big companies that take one or two months of unpaid leave. Would it be a problem to take every Friday off as unpaid leave?
  • perl4ever 7y ago
    Talking about big companies is getting off on a tangent from startups, but the thing about asking for accommodations in general is that you never know what is really permitted. If you ask for too much, and nobody tells you because it's awkward or illegal to refuse, then down the line you may have consequences that you may or may not notice, with your job/career. Even if the consequences are in some sense reasonable and justified, it could be you're not thinking of them when you take the actions that cause them. I think it's inevitable that the more formal your options and protections are, the more people work around that, so in a country like yours I would expect it to be an unspoken minefield.