According to http://en.wiktionary.com part-time is said to be getting involved in an activity for less than the normal time. Part-time also has the meaning of being employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time. Another definition of part-time is lasting, requiring, or being in force only a part of the time (http://dictionary.reference.com).
A part-timer are supposed to get involved in a certain activity for less than the actual time, or not get fully involved. It is the part-timer’s right to spend less time than those who work full time. Part-timers spend less working hours compared to the full time workers, and their workload are not as heavy as the full-timers; though the duties are maybe the same.
It is also the part-timers right if they cannot stick to a working schedule that is fixed for a regular basis. As I have said before, part-timers are only involved in less than the regular time provided. Part-timers should be allowed to keep they’re own unfixed schedule, or in other words part-timers are allowed to have a very flexible time-availability. Because if they are to follow a regular schedule, that means they are full-timers!
To be honest, not everybody can understand this simple concept.
I have an unpleasant expereince with this part-time mambo jambo…
I am the a part-time employee of a certain company. In my contract it is said that I should have an 8-hour-availability in one week. OK I’ve got 8 hours of available time already, and I’ve told my boss about this. The problem is that a certain person–my boss’ subordinate who takes care with the scheduling–made a policy that all part-timers should collect their time availability schedule. The weakness of this policy is that whoever collects their available time chart should really stick to it and are forced to not change the schedule. Pretty strange right?
As I said previously, I am a part-timer and I chose to work part time because I have many other things to do, which in fact has no fixed time schedule. So my spare time can be very unpredictable. But with this stupid available time policy, my rights to be a part-timer is completely violated.
Now, if I am supposed to submit such schedule, that means I am a part-timer who is working full time. Damn!! I’m just like a free bird, but my wings are clipped and I couldn’t fly away freely.
