Flexible Work Schedules are BS!!! I was given the opportunity to do a 32 hour week after returning from maternity leave. Workload has remained the same...now I just have fewer hours to complete it

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And my pay was docked 25%. Starting to regret coming back.

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I feel like you just contradicted yourself ^

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You'd probably find that if you weren't on a flex plan they'd expect you to do additional work above the 40 hours you do work, so you are in fact working less than you would otherwise work without the flex plan therefore the reduced salary.

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Sounds like you need to take some control over your career here and start pushing back. You can't expect everyone above you in the chain of command to keep up to date on your work situation. You just need to inform them that you're on a reduced work schedule and that you can't take on the additional work that would push you over that workload. It's completely possible the people above you are unaware.

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I also don't think you can definitively say that you do the same amount of work as everyone else, only in a more compressed time. I find it hard to believe that you're so efficient that work that takes a normal person 55 hours, you can do in 40 hours.

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You have to control your workload. Nobody is going to do it for you. They'll keep assigning work until you stop doing more than you should. I'm 80%. I typically end up around 85% and even that is a lot of effort to keep my hours down.

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You have to fight for your flexibility. It's hard to say no, but it's necessary. You have to be in control of your workload and not be afraid to set clear expectations about what you can and can't do.

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I think that makes total sense. If everyone works 55 hours a week in busy season and you work a reduced 40 hour schedule then you should be paid less. Why would you get paid the same for working less?

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As much as I understand that, having children is a choice. You can't expect to make the same amount of money as others who work longer hours. You choose to take a flexible schedule, which is admirable, but still a personal choice you make. Maybe you should speak up and let them be vocal about that since you're on a reduced schedule, the workload needs to also be reduced to match such a schedule. You can't actually expect that the firm pay people on reduced schedules the same as those on full time schedules right?

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Well to be fair, that's not just their perception - your job is to work 80% as much for 80% of the pay. By design, you absolutely work less. I'm sure you work hard but you certainly don't work more. Some people are always on slow clients and never have to do more than 80% of the work anyway, but most of us are doing 120% year round

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I produce the same as everyone else. Only I do it in less hours. The work load isn't less. Why shouldn't I get paid the same?

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I do agree though that the whole "you can have a family and work PA" thing that the firms advance is a lie. The nature of the industry means that you spend a lot of time away from home. If you have young children that you actually want to see and spend significant time with them PA probably isn't a good career choice. Unfortunate that they aren't up front and realistic about this.

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I say this over and over. Yeah, I only work 40 hours a week, but I don't get extra time or staff I do it. Raises seem to be based a lot on how many hours you work. So in reality, I'm better than you because I'm forced to get it done more efficiently but I'm paid less. Makes a ton of sense. Then you get the idiots who say "waaaah you shouldn't be paid as much as guys because you work less." This is why I'm leaving soon to stay at home. Not worth spending 70% of my take home pay on childcare if I'm not rewarded for hard work. Yeah the flex schedule is great, but it comes with a consequence.

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You're right about that. But I am the in-charge of an accelerated filer and I make it work. Just because I have other priorities it is perceived that I work less hard when that isn't the case. I am a mother and there are expectations of me both at work and at home. If these firms want to live up to the whole "you can have a family and still do PA" thing then something has to give. It would be nice if that something wasn't my compensation or sanity.

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@BDO 2 it was good to hear from someone going through a similar situation...even if you don't plan on sticking around too long. I definitely think balancing career and family is going to be a personal challenge for me going forward

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Flexible work plans blow for everyone else on the team. Everyone else picks up the slack and works longer hours and doesn't get paid more.

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You might have caught me on a bad day. Working flex is fine, you just have to accept that you won't get paid or get promoted the same while still working your ass off. And I'd like to add that I will work late if my team works late. I do everything possible not to leave my team hanging and always make sure I don't make anyone pick up my slack. You have to make sure the flex works for everyone.

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Why was you pay reduced by 25% for 32 hours? It should be only 20%... on the other issue you need to speak up. I am also on reduced schedule and refuse to work full-time (unless it's a client emergency).

@EY2 it was actually reduced closer to 28%...they are calling a work week 45 hours rather than 40. So 32 hours ends up being 71.11% worked during the week. We obviously work more hours during busy season but they are taking a average for the entire year to come up with the 45 hours. Hope that makes sense?

Thanks to everyone that posted...all good advice and I will work harder to take ownership of my flex schedule and let those around me know when my workload becomes too much.

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