Weekend only work in PNW

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I'm thinking of adding another day to my work week. I'm shooting for Saturdays, but it seems like trying to work just weekends is harder to find than other part time work.
Anyone have any success trying to find this type of situation in Washington?
 
Here are a couple ways:

1. Most corp offices are opened on Saturdays. If these corp offices want you to work more days, you may have to leave your current job and work more days (including Saturdays) for them. To get 6 days/week work, they may make you travel to another brand office of theirs.

2. Buy a cheap slow dying office for under $150k. It's your practice; you can work on any day (Saturdays and Sundays) you want. When she first started her new office from scratch, my sister worked 3 days/week at her own office and 4 days/week for the corp office. Since most patients prefer weekend appointments (they don't want to miss works) and with fully booked weekend schedule, the weekend productions are usually 2-3 times more than weekday productions. So one dentist who works on weekends, 6-7 days/week can make nearly as much as the combined income of 2 dentists, who only work on weekdays.

3. Find practice owners with Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian last names. Look at the craiglist listings in your region. When I was a GPR resident, I worked 2 Saturdays/month for an Indian dentist. When my wife did her 3 year post grad residency, she worked every Saturday for 2 different Vietnamese dentists.
 
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Here are a couple ways:

1. Most corp offices are opened on Saturdays. If these corp offices want you to work more days, you may have to leave your current job and work more days (including Saturdays) for them. To get 6 days/week work, they may make you travel to another brand office of theirs.

2. Buy a cheap slow dying office for under $150k. It's your practice; you can work on any day (Saturdays and Sundays) you want. When she first started her new office from scratch, my sister worked 3 days/week at her own office and 4 days/week for the corp office. Since most patients prefer weekend appointments (they don't want to miss works) and with fully booked weekend schedule, the weekend productions are usually 2-3 times more than weekday productions. So one dentist who works on weekends, 6-7 days/week can make nearly as much as the combined income of 2 dentists, who only work on weekdays.

3. Find practice owners with Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian last names. Look at the craiglist listings in your region. When I was a GPR resident, I worked 2 Saturdays/month for an Indian dentist. When my wife did her 3 year post grad residency, she worked every Saturday for 2 different Vietnamese dentists.

I haven't had luck with the corps just yet, but I'll keep at it.
I'm not in the position to purchase a practice or quit my current job.

And I guess I can keep an eye on those last names. Lol
 
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