Part-Time Work

It’s official. I’m now a part-time worker. I talked to my manager today and we agreed that I should switch to 3/4-time status, which allows me to keep all my medical benefits, but lose 1/4 of my salary and paid holidays. I think stock vesting is also pro-rated at 75% of normal. Since I don’t have Medicare Part D for prescriptions, my work insurance pays for all my medications so I need to try and keep it as long as possible.

The problem with 3/4 time is that I’m supposed to figure out which 75% of my job to work on. I’m basically on a special project plus I help out when other people in the department gets stuck since I’ve be there the longest. There’s no real good measure of the amount of work, just whether you’ve completed your responsibilities. For now, it’s so I can take the 10 hours off per week for dialysis. Once transplant happens, I probably have to go back to full-time but not sure how to do that from home without being assigned any daily tasks.

Just as well. I’ve been thinking that I’ve spend enough time at the current job. I just passed my 9 year anniversary. When I was first hired, I didn’t think I would make it past 5 years. I’ve been talking about getting a lower position closer to home since the commute was pretty brutal. With COVID-19 restrictions, the freeways of Southern California have not been congested at all. Anyway, maybe I can find an entry-level analyst position (that’s 5 levels below my current title), and take it easy until retirement.