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job-share

American  
[job-shair] / ˈdʒɒbˌʃɛər /

verb (used without object)

job-shared, job-sharing
  1. to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.


noun

  1. an arrangement in which two or more employees share one full-time job.

Other Word Forms


Etymology

Origin of job-share

First recorded in 1975–80; job 1 ( def. ) + share 1 ( def. )


Example Sentences

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Now, just to find a player stuck in home confinement so they can job-share.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Bonilla participated in what was then a new job-share program, that, with the approval of her manager, split her role with another Microsoft employee when she needed time to care for a newborn.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2018

With the new director reporting to Mr. Weiss, and not the other way around, many aspects of the job-share still have to be worked out.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2017

Labour MP, John McDonnell wants the law changed to allow MPs to job-share, a move which he says would help make Parliament more diverse.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2012

It was "flattering" to be linked, of course, but the suggestion of some kind of job-share between Tottenham and England was unlikely.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2012

I’ve never been to a school where kindergarten teachers job-shared for exactly the reasons you mention.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019

On Friday, he will be fulfilling his head coach duties for French second-tier side Oyonnax against Stade Montois as part of a job-sharing agreement struck by the Rugby Football Union.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024

Varadkar took over in December for a second term as part of a job-sharing deal made by the country’s centrist coalition government.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

There were job-sharing experiments both at “Hadestown” and “Jagged Little Pill” that turned out to be short-lived, for different reasons.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

We’ve created part-time options and other forms of employment, like job-sharing or sabbaticals of varying lengths of time, when we thought we were going to lose women.

From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2021

Furthermore, you’re not complaining in a school district where job-sharing in kindergarten has been the norm, since the older sister had a more consistent environment.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019

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