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Yep. Prove that you can do your job in less time, and use the slack for learning. Dip out early on days you need to speak at things. Work from home on days you know will be slow and do learning while no one is around.

It’s not difficult to pull that off at a big company.

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> Prove that you can do your job in less time

If you prove it, they may just expect more from you in the same amount of time.

I’m not advocating for announcing completion and broadcasting your efficiency. I’m just saying, ensure you won’t fall behind working on your real job 32 hours a week. That shouldn’t be too difficult in most cases, given all the research on productivity.

If you can’t do that, they were right to refuse the 32hr/wk proposal. If you can, just do it, sneak in some studying, and act like it took you 40.

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