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

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

Flexible work consultancy, Timewise, tracked millions of ads for 17 words or phrases, such as job-share.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2021

I was gutted to stop working alongside my amazing job-share, Heather Stewart, but excited to find myself back at our headquarters in King’s Cross.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018

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