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.

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

• job-sharer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of job-share

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

job-share job-shared job-sharing

Varadkar, 45, has had two spells as taoiseach — between 2017 and 2020, and again since December 2022 as part of a job-share with Micheál Martin, head of coalition partner Fianna Fáil.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

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

The Green Party of England and Wales has two co-leaders under what they say is a pioneering job-share arrangement.

From BBC ● May 27, 2017

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

Davies laid out details of how the job-sharing plan would work when the show begins its new season in September.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

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

In the wake of the pilots both Skanska and BAM have introduced permanent flexible working frameworks, including staggered start and end times, flexible breaks, part-time work, job-sharing and phased retirement.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2021

It’s also entirely possible they’re trying job-sharing out for budget reasons.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019