When my kid was born I wanted to have a day off with her every week, so I just asked for 36 hours so I could work 4x9. I was so used to working 40 hours I thoug

When my kid was born I wanted to have a day off with her every week, so I just asked for 36 hours so I could work 4x9. I was so used to working 40 hours I thought the jump to 32 would be too much. How wrong I was haha.. 4x9 with a kid is not doable unless your partner can also be flexible. Asked to go down to 32 hours, was asked if I could hold on for a month since a new engineer was joining and said OK. The cut in salary is 100% worth it to spend a day with my daughter. I feel happier.