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There are many people in Germany who work 4/5 or 3/5 jobs. I was previously 3/5 and moved to 4/5, but it's nice to have the extra time.

For the employers here, the only downside is if they are being measured by head-count (but even then, I count as 4/5 of a headcount...)

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In my experience it's not generally so easy, depending on your employer though. Some allow blanket 80%/75%/50% jobs for others it's hard work to persuade them to let you scale down your hours.

Can't say how common it is, I obv. have a limited set of past employers to look at. Some friends have said their company doesn't do it, and when I talked to Swiss people it seems a lot more common there.

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