job share

Divided work role

Job share is an arrangement where two people divide the responsibilities of one full-time position, each working part-time hours.

The arrangement lets employees maintain careers while accommodating other commitments: She proposed a job share so she could be home when her kids get out of school.

Also used as a verb: They've been job sharing for three years.

Related

arrangement · coworker · schedule · work life balance · balance · childcare · parental leave · partner · hours · reduced hours · divide · teamwork · workload · half-time · colleague · handover · coordination · reduced

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Opposites
employment arrangement

job sharefull-time employment

Steady, complete-schedule work

full-time job · full-time work · overtime work

work schedule structure

job sharefull-time

Complete weekly hours

nine-to-five · fixed schedule

Family

job, share, jobs, jobbed, jobbing, jobless, joblessness, shares, shared

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G