Suggestion for people wanting to work a shorter week:<p>Ask you HR department for an employee handbook and read it carefully. I did this in the 1970s (worked for a large defense contractor) and discovered that I only had to work 30 hours a week to get full benefits. Much to the unhappiness of my bosses and coworkers, I &quot;gave myself a 20%&quot; cut in pay and stopped working on Mondays.<p>I tried to be a perfect employee the four days a week that I worked to make up for inconvenience to my bosses and coworkers.<p>I was able to work four days a week in most companies I have worked for, spanning about 50 years.<p>One advantage of part time work is that it gave me extra time to write computer science books and spend extra time with friends and family. But, I left a lot of money on the table taking a 20% pay cut.