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Adaptability Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 81+ adaptability jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 40 new this week. Hiring companies include Merck, Meritis, and Washington University in St. Louis.

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4-day weeks 5
compressed weeks 8
generous PTO 24
unlimited PTO 6
best places to work 17

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Director, Global Health and Development Team

Rethink Priorities · Remote · Pennsylvania, USA

78 · GreatUnlimited PTO$154k

Adoption Manager (Professional Learning & Solutions Building)

Albert · Remote · Chicago, IL, USA

74 · GreatHalf Day Fridays$75k

Renewals Strategy Principal Program Manager

Dropbox · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

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Senior Account Based Marketing Manager

Dropbox · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Companion Animal, Senior Territory Representative

Merck · Remote · Los Angeles, CA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Regional Cardiovascular Manager - West District

Merck · Remote · USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$173k – $273k

Senior DevOps Engineer

4mo

Loka · Remote · North Macedonia +2 more

74 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week

Machine Learning Engineer

4mo

Loka · Remote · North Macedonia +2 more

74 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week

Platform Consultant

11d

Eagle Eye · Remote · UK

60 · GoodBest Place to Work

Programs & Business Operations Lead

21d

Airbnb · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

Account Executive

17d

Dropbox · Remote · USA

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Customer Service Advocate (Multi-Channel Support)

2mo

Thumbtack · Remote · Philippines

62 · GoodBest Place to Work

Household Claims Handler

Aviva · Hybrid · Perth, Scotland, UK

77 · GreatGenerous PTO£27k – £30k

Associate Specialist, Clinical Data Management

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12h

Merck · Hybrid · Rahway, NJ, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$72k – $113kPro · early access

Senior Analyst - Business Management

Pension Insurance Corporation · Hybrid · London, UK

66 · GoodGenerous PTO

Contact Centre Advisor (Cross Skilled)

Cornwall Council · Hybrid · Camborne, UK

67 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Junior Publisher Development Manager (LATAM)

20d

AWIN · Hybrid · Puebla, Puebla or São Paulo, São Paulo

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

VFX Artist

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Marketing Product Manager

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Senior Audio Programmer

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

85 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

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Employers hiring for Adaptability on this page include Merck, Meritis, and Washington University in St. Louis. Adaptability roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Adaptability is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Adaptability roles span the full seniority range — we list 72 open roles requiring Adaptability across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Adaptability hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Adaptability roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Adaptability candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Adaptability on current listings.

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Adaptability Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 81+ adaptability jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 40 new this week. Hiring companies include Merck, Meritis, and Washington University in St. Louis.

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