“With job sharing the company gets two people - two ideas, two heads, two brains.”

Ours guests today Lydia Leipert and Rebecca Zöller job share a senior role at a Bavarian broadcaster and have even been nicknamed “Lydecca” by their colleagues.

As they put it themselves - "between us we have 4 children, are 2 women and share 1 job".

Lydia and Rebecca share the story of how they found each other, why job sharing can work so fantastically and how you can convince your employer to support you in a job share.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

Show Notes:

• Find details of Lydia and Rebecca's book Geteilte Arbeit, doppelt durchstarten!: So funktioniert Jobsharing (currently only available in German)
• Visit the Lydecca website at www.lydecca-jobsharing.com

For helpful resources on job sharing in the UK look at:

• The Job Share Pair www.thejobsharepair.com - resources and community for job sharers as well as coaching and consulting (Hannah and Rachel were also on episode 73 of the Big Careers, Small Children Podcast, listen here)
• Flexible Working People - a community of professionals searching for flexible roles flexibleworkingpeople.com
• Daisy Chain - a free online platform where people can match with flexible employers daisy-chain.com
• Investing in Women - a jobs board for part-time and flexible roles investinginwomen.co.uk
• Working Mums - part time and flexible roles www.workingmums.co.uk