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> There are plenty of 15 hour jobs out there. You can get one right now!

Not without a 90% pay cut (i.e. as opposed to the ~60% pay cut you'd expect for working 40% of the hours), I've checked.

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Agreed. I think this is clearest when you look at benefits, e.g., the many American companies that only offer health insurance benefits to their full-time workers, but you see it in terms of pay, too. Most middle and high-paying jobs are exclusively full-time (and some expect 50, 60, or even more hours a week).

I live in a country where health insurance is individual, not employment based, so maybe that's part of why we offer 80% (most common) but also 60 and 40% positions?

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