I would love to cut my hours down but it’s not something we can afford and part time is non-existent within my peer group at work. Absolutely dreading going back 5 days but feel backed into a corner about it x
We have lucky to cut to 4 days as like @Sarah said for us its not going to be that much less.
My partner and I are both condensing hours so we’ll have four day weeks and then take a day each, my dad will cover two days and we’ve found a fantastic nursery for the last day. We’re lucky that our employers are so family friendly and let us do that! But I know a lot of people who do cut hours a bit
I’m doing 4 days as standard and using al to take an extra day for a few months so will start on 3. If you haven’t already I’d look at income after tax on 4 days as you might not lose as much as you think