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Discretion Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 42+ discretion jobs at companies offering summer Fridays and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, British Business Bank, and Howes Percival.

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summer Fridays 4
generous PTO 4
unlimited PTO 12
best places to work 9
generous parental leave 5

Updated September 2, 2026

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Senior Executive Assistant

Digible · Remote · USA

90 · Excellent4 Day Work Week

Executive Assistant

Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,200 – $1,500/mo

Executive Assistant

Opal Group · Remote · USA

66 · GoodSummer Fridays$1,200 – $1,500/mo

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Executive Assistant

1mo

Feedzai · Remote · Portugal

63 · GoodSummer Fridays

Executive Assistant, Marketing

15d

Deepgram · Remote · USA

60 · GoodUnlimited PTO$127k – $160k

People Generalist

21d

HopSkipDrive · Remote · USA

60 · GoodSummer Fridays$80k – $90k

Executive Assistant to CEO

Smartest Energy · Hybrid · Worthing, UK

92 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

People Operations Specialist

NEW

carwow · Hybrid · London, UK

67 · GoodGenerous PTOPro · early access

Executive Assistant to the Dean of the Wharton School

NEW

University of Pennsylvania · Hybrid · Philadelphia, PA, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work WeekPro · early access

Executive Assistant, Product & Agent Development

NEW

20h

Sierra · Onsite · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$190k – $200kPro · early access

Executive Assistant

Nuffield Foundation · Hybrid · London, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Executive Assistant to the CEO & Executive Leadership Team

1mo

Infinitas Learning · Onsite · Utrecht, Netherlands

83 · Great4 Day Work Week (80%)Pro-rata pay~€2,816· reduced week

Specialist, Trade Compliance

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, UT or San Diego, CA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Executive Assistant

Procore · Hybrid · Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Executive Assistant

Gainsight · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$110k – $125k

Executive Support Administrator

ConocoPhillips · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Legal Specialist, Law Enforcement

Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$170k – $220k

Executive Assistant

Banyan Software · Hybrid · Toronto, ON, Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Tech Support Associate

George Washington University · Hybrid · Washington, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Receptionist

12d

British Business Bank · Hybrid · Sheffield, UK

69 · GoodGenerous PTO£30k

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Employers hiring for Discretion on this page include MongoDB, British Business Bank, and Howes Percival. Discretion 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 Discretion is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Discretion roles span the full seniority range — we list 42 open roles requiring Discretion 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 — Discretion 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. Discretion 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 Discretion 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 Discretion on current listings.

Discretion Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 42+ discretion jobs at companies offering summer Fridays and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include MongoDB, British Business Bank, and Howes Percival.

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