Overview
Pros
- access to a wider range of jobs than working part-time, especially jobs with greater management responsibilities
- a collaborative and supportive working relationship
Cons
- be prepared to discuss decisions and sometimes to compromise
- you won’t get individual credit for your work
- can also be difficult in career development terms if one of you wants to move to a different post and the other doesn’t
Jobsharers’ views
“We have a different skill set, different experiences of work and different opinions which means our team get, I think, more than the benefits of one person.”
“It’s very useful to have someone else’s perspective. Two heads are better than one.”
