job-share
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
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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Flexible work consultancy, Timewise, tracked millions of ads for 17 words or phrases, such as job-share.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2021
Now, just to find a player stuck in home confinement so they can job-share.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 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
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
It’s also entirely possible they’re trying job-sharing out for budget reasons.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019
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