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    • starlight1968sgS Offline
      starlight1968sg
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      Nvm, this makes ME time precious

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      • janet88J Offline
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        starlight1968sg:
        Mine is one leg kick; when on leave, the work just piled up ...

        Reports, routine tasks, projects etc, nobody cover during my absence
        if your your work is one man operation, it's not worth doing part time...furthermore there is a reduction in pay.

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          janet88:
          starlight1968sg:

          Mine is one leg kick; when on leave, the work just piled up ...

          Reports, routine tasks, projects etc, nobody cover during my absence

          if your your work is one man operation, it's not worth doing part time...furthermore there is a reduction in pay.

          Exactly

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            janet88:
            starlight1968sg:

            Mine is one leg kick; when on leave, the work just piled up ...

            Reports, routine tasks, projects etc, nobody cover during my absence

            if your your work is one man operation, it's not worth doing part time...furthermore there is a reduction in pay.

            Agreed with Janet. ä¸åˆ’įŽ— if pay cut but no reduction in workload

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            • starlight1968sgS Offline
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              Noted with tks, ladies

              I will press on and my ME time will be evening & wkends
              Tks

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              • janet88J Offline
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                starlight1968sg:
                Noted with tks, ladies

                I will press on and my ME time will be evening & wkends
                Tks
                take annual leave to do something different and maybe spoil yourself a little...evenings and weekends not considered ME time. we need some quiet time to ourselves.

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                  janet88:
                  starlight1968sg:

                  Mine is one leg kick; when on leave, the work just piled up ...

                  Reports, routine tasks, projects etc, nobody cover during my absence

                  if your your work is one man operation, it's not worth doing part time...furthermore there is a reduction in pay.

                  If you want to go part-time, you need to make sure that someone officially takes over part of your workload. If not, it's a raw deal. Employers won't arrange that for a few days leave, but if it's a long-term arrangement, then they will have to. It's also a matter of bargaining power - do they value you enough to want to keep you, even part-time?

                  You also need to read your boss - is he the reasonable type and will he respect your working hours? My boss is so busy that he hardly ever looks for me, so I just get on with my projects and report to him by email when necessary. Occasionally he schedules department meetings during my off times, then I will re-schedule my work hours for that week (that was something I agreed to when I started). I guess switching to part-time from full-time will involve \"training\" your boss and colleagues as they are used to your having been full-time; I started as part-time, so I didn't have that problem.

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                    slmkhoo:


                    If you want to go part-time, you need to make sure that someone officially takes over part of your workload. If not, it's a raw deal. Employers won't arrange that for a few days leave, but if it's a long-term arrangement, then they will have to. It's also a matter of bargaining power - do they value you enough to want to keep you, even part-time?

                    You also need to read your boss - is he the reasonable type and will he respect your working hours? My boss is so busy that he hardly ever looks for me, so I just get on with my projects and report to him by email when necessary. Occasionally he schedules department meetings during my off times, then I will re-schedule my work hours for that week (that was something I agreed to when I started). I guess switching to part-time from full-time will involve \"training\" your boss and colleagues as they are used to your having been full-time; I started as part-time, so I didn't have that problem.

                    Slmkhoo, what is your job?

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                      Imami
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                      starlight1968sg:
                      Noted with tks, ladies

                      I will press on and my ME time will be evening & wkends
                      Tks
                      Don't even waste time considering. Such schemes may work but not in your organization.

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                        slmkhoo:
                        janet88:

                        [quote=\"starlight1968sg\"]Mine is one leg kick; when on leave, the work just piled up ...

                        Reports, routine tasks, projects etc, nobody cover during my absence

                        if your your work is one man operation, it's not worth doing part time...furthermore there is a reduction in pay.

                        If you want to go part-time, you need to make sure that someone officially takes over part of your workload. If not, it's a raw deal. Employers won't arrange that for a few days leave, but if it's a long-term arrangement, then they will have to. It's also a matter of bargaining power - do they value you enough to want to keep you, even part-time?

                        You also need to read your boss - is he the reasonable type and will he respect your working hours? My boss is so busy that he hardly ever looks for me, so I just get on with my projects and report to him by email when necessary. Occasionally he schedules department meetings during my off times, then I will re-schedule my work hours for that week (that was something I agreed to when I started). I guess switching to part-time from full-time will involve \"training\" your boss and colleagues as they are used to your having been full-time; I started as part-time, so I didn't have that problem.[/quote]Hehe... Your \"training\" is so like mine. My boss is actually based in HK but there's another functional boss u have in SG. Half-way through a meeting, he'll look up and realised he's been talking past 1pm, my knock-off time. I'm pretty ok cos most times I leave slightly before 1pm. Plus working past 1pm is not a frequent occurrence. Even the rest of my colleagues take my cue. See my pack means it's between 1230pm to 1pm. Lunch time for them and going time for me!

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