Can you ask for part time? In bigger german companies you can force them to let you do 50% work for 50% pay. Gives you way more runtime (less taxes to pay too)

Can you ask for part time? In bigger german companies you can force them to let you do 50% work for 50% pay. Gives you way more runtime (less taxes to pay too), the option to ramp back up and time to find something new. I also quit without a new job though. I knew that my position would be in demand and had already gotten and declined 1-2 offers. I moved to a new city and ended up doing another 2 month part-time remotely while interviewing on the side. I managed to get a free month between jobs and found something much better (way more interesting, more pay (luckily enough for two, needed right now), and also sweet colleagues).