How many hours is a "part-time" job?

[DestinyHope]

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Is it 20 hours or 5 hours? I'm having trouble finding full time work as a new grad, so I'm thinking of applying for part time positions. I could get by on 20 hours/week, until I can find a full time job-definitely not 5 though.

 

[CurrySpice]

Anything less than 40

 

[owlegrad]

Anything less than 40

Many places it's anything less than 32.

 

[Old Timer]

Every company has their own rules. CVS is 30. The School District my wife works at is 30 also.

 

[Its Z]

What Old Fart said..

 

[Ackj]

Can be anything up to 40 for most companies. Theoretically could be 5 hours, even less, although usually you should have more than that. Non-pharmacy jobs I've had specified that part time was at least 30 hours, and full time was at least 40, more or less to make sure you didn't get high school kids who wanted to work 5pm-8pm just a few days a week.

Keep in mind, many times "part time" is can be a way to make you ineligible for benefits, so you could end up working 38 hours at a substantially lower cost to the company.

As always, ymmv

 

[blueclassring]

Valley Relief Pharmacists has 2 immediate openings for Inpatient Hospital pharmacists in Stockton, CA. You may want to look into it.

 

[DestinyHope]

Thanks! What's the best way to go about finding what is meant when applying to online listings, for example, that don't really specify?

 

[IndustryPharmD]

Anything less than what company defines as full-time (typically 30-40 hours) is part-time. The only way to know what number of hours a particular listing guarantees (if it guarantees any hours at all) is to call and ask them.

 

[TonyRx]

Yea, I agree with what many have said previously: that part-time is typically ~30 or below. Many companies actually consider full-time 30 or 32 hours solely based on how they offer their "full-time" benefits package (health, dental, vacation, sick days, etc etc.). I know for Walgreens in Florida, "full-time" is technically 32 hours because of that reason.

So when new grads are promised full-time with Walgreens that doesn't mean they are getting 40 hours. From what I've seen, part-time is usually 2-3 days a week or 16-24 hours.

 

[LittleMissB]

Keep in mind, many times "part time" is can be a way to make you ineligible for benefits, so you could end up working 38 hours at a substantially lower cost to the company.

As always, ymmv

Agree. This one hospital I rotated through classifies many of its employees (including pharmacists) under part-time status, but works them nearly full-time hours. When I sat in during interviews, they assured the applicant that although the position says "part-time," that they will most likely get worked close to full-time, they just can't guarantee them full-time hours.