Become a Veterinary Technician

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On the other hand, I couldn't afford to quit my job-not with all the feed, equipment, and building supplies I needed to buy. Besides, I liked my work at the clinic. What I need"d was simply a decrease in hours there. So I approached my boss. At first he was op posed to the idea, but after I pleaded with him and told him how hard I'd work, he finally consented and cut my hours to part-time.

A few months later, the full-time technician quit her job to return to school. She was replaced by a working mother who (like me) begrudged working full-time away from home. As I had, she waited until she felt secure in her job before asking the boss to decrease her hours, too. Convinced he needed at least one full-time techie, he was against the plan in the beginning. But my co-worker and I joined forces and persuaded him that we'd buckle down, work twice as hard, and between the two of us handle the work load for the entire hospital. Unable to refuse, he gaze us the go-ahead. I'm nor happy to re port that my partner and I have been successfully (and happily!) sharing a job for the past two years, with nary a complaint from the top.

Perhaps you, too, have a co-worker you'd like to split hours and responsibilities with. (Let me warn you, though, job sharing only works with fullcooperation of two equally motivated persons. If one isn't willing to take on his or her fair share of the daily work load, the situation could become intolerable.) If you want to share a job, I say "Go for it!" It'll probably take lots of determination, a logical approach, and some fine-tuned pleading to convince your present or prospective employer ...but for the hours gained plus the continued security of a steady (albeit smaller) paycheck, it's worth the trouble to "go double" and share the load!

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