Is Amazon's 30-Hour Workweek Program Good For Workers?

Amazon's pilot part-time-with-full-benefits project aims to correct eroding work-life balance. But staff may not gain much.

Amazon's pilot part-time-with-full-benefits project aims to correct eroding work-life balance. But staff may not gain much.

Amazon announced last week that it's testing out a 30-hour workweek for "a few dozen" employees on some of its technical teams. Those employees, the Washington Post reports, will keep all the same benefits as full-time staff but earn 75% of the pay (Amazon already employs part-time workers with full benefits). Every member on those teams, including managers, will work 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with the remaining time on the clock made up of flex hours, and they'll have the option to become full-time if they wish.

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