.....wonder no more....
Whoops - employees lovely notion of a gradual exit from paid employment - who still needs desparately needs the cashflow from at least 3 days per week work has just put at risk a bunch of loans that they bubbling away in the background. GULP.....hmmmm, maybe that wasn't such a cluey thing approaching the boss with that proposal after all.
My suggestion - if you can't afford to leave totally - keep your mouth shut until you can.
.....and yes, that was almost word for word what my boss told me a couple of years ago. It was ugly and I regret ever mentioning it to him.....but then cranky no nonsense American drilling managers don't stuff around with half baked wannabes.
The theory was sound but it was the timing / approach that was flawed. I read an interesting book by Ferris called "the 4 hour work week" which tells you how you can go about doing it.
Being an employer/fat controller myself I agree with your comments though- I want someone with a bit of commitment . They will always be paid for their work but I am taking all the risk so I want some reciprocity.
Ausprop hits it on the head- why have a casual when you can get a full timer for much the same price?