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Lol. Why would they fire you for asking?

• oldprogrammer2 2y ago
  Because you just inadvertently labeled yourself as a potential flight risk. Bad managers don’t know how to handle that, and will assume you’re going to leave if you don’t get what you want. The “firing” probably won’t be immediate, but bad managers will passive aggressively manage you out.
• giraffe_lady 2y ago
  When I was in this situation it was perceived as me looking for another job. I didn't get directly fired immediately was I was moved to a more demanding role on a less prestigious project outside of my competency and then eventually let go. If you're a critical internal expert your boss really has your back or something it might be different for you. Like I said it has a lot to do with relationships & politics. Even just asking draws attention to yourself and scrutiny to your position in a way that I don't think is usually to your benefit.
  • al_borland 2y ago
    The way I did it, I never really asked, but I also didn't go to part time. I just started spending more and more of my time helping people learn how to do the job better, and then building tools to help when it seemed like no amount of training would help them get better with the tools we had. Over time the boss saw the value and made that my job without me asking. Of course, that requires a decent boss, and it also happened slowly over several years. I'm pretty sure he would have let me go part time if I asked, since he saw me as more productive in 1 hour than most people are in a week. At one point he told me to go to Amsterdam and work from coffee shops for a few months. I didn't do it, but in hindsight, I kind of wish I had. I have a different boss now and things are drastically different. A boss can make a world of difference.