Discretion Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

HybridLeicester, UK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

PA

HybridLeicester, UK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Admin Assistant, Partnerships Operations

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$80k – $149k

Executive Assistant to the CEO

1mo

HybridPittsburgh, USA

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$152k – $228k

Executive Assistant to the CEO

1mo

Empire State Realty Trust

HybridNew York, USA

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$152k – $228k

Executive Assistant

13d

Feedzai

HybridPorto, Portugal

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Executive Business Partner

16d

Render

HybridSan Francisco, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$170k – $285k

Executive Assistant to Executive Team

29d

Runway

HybridNew York or San Francisco

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$100k – $150k

Executive Assistant

19d

Amplitude

HybridSan Francisco, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$138k – $207k

Legal Administrative Assistant & Board Liaison

2mo

HybridNew York, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$115k – $130k

Executive Assistant, CPO

14d

Apollo.io

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

People Analytics & Automation Specialist

22d

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

People Analytics & Automation Specialist

22d

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Payroll Manager

1mo

HybridPhoenix, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Executive Assistant, Chief People Officer

21d

Canva

OnsiteSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Executive Business Partner

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Administrative Assistant

14d

Bombas

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Executive Assistant

14d

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $150k

Executive Assistant

23d

Veeam

HybridSan Jose, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior IT VIP Support Specialist

27d

HybridPalo Alto, USA

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Executive Assistant to Co-CEO

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $150k

Sr. Executive Assistant, Chief Legal Officer

2mo

HybridPalo Alto, USA

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$68k – $133k

Executive Assistant (to the CEO)

3mo

Blacksmith

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$120k – $160k

Recruiter, Mergers & Acquisitions

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$240k – $295k

Payroll Manager

1mo

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Discretion on this page include Opendoor, EvolutionIQ, and Duolingo. 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 36 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.

People Generalist

HopSkipDrive

RemoteUSA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$80k – $90k

Senior Executive Assistant (West Coast preferred)

Sysdig

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$110k – $145k

Senior Executive Assistant

19d

Consensus

RemoteUSA

68 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Executive Assistant to CEO

22d

Automattic

RemoteUSA

65 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible$95k – $195k

Senior Administrative Specialist

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$83k – $89k

Senior Administrative Assistant, Government Affairs

Phillips 66

OnsiteWashington, USA

60 · Good9 day fortnight$94k – $115k

Executive Administration

L3Harris Technologies

OnsitePalm Bay, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Executive Assistant to the CEO & Executive Leadership Team

21d

Infinitas Learning

HybridUtrecht, Netherlands

83 · Great4 day week80% pay€3,520~€2,816/mo

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$130k – $195k

Executive Assistant to an Executive Officer

Biogen

HybridCambridge, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$104k – $136k

Section Heads' Assistant

Cornell University

HybridIthaca, USA

63 · GoodCompressed week

PA

HybridLeicester, UK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

PA

HybridLeicester, UK

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Admin Assistant, Partnerships Operations

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$80k – $149k

Executive Assistant to the CEO

1mo

HybridPittsburgh, USA

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$152k – $228k

Executive Assistant to the CEO

1mo

Empire State Realty Trust

HybridNew York, USA

68 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$152k – $228k

Executive Assistant

13d

Feedzai

HybridPorto, Portugal

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Executive Business Partner

16d

Render

HybridSan Francisco, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$170k – $285k

Executive Assistant to Executive Team

29d

Runway

HybridNew York or San Francisco

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$100k – $150k

Executive Assistant

19d

Amplitude

HybridSan Francisco, USA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$138k – $207k

Legal Administrative Assistant & Board Liaison

2mo

HybridNew York, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$115k – $130k

Executive Assistant, CPO

14d

Apollo.io

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

People Analytics & Automation Specialist

22d

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

People Analytics & Automation Specialist

22d

HybridToronto, Canada

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Payroll Manager

1mo

HybridPhoenix, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Executive Assistant, Chief People Officer

21d

Canva

OnsiteSydney, Australia

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Executive Business Partner

1mo

Klaviyo

HybridSan Francisco, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Administrative Assistant

14d

Bombas

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Executive Assistant

14d

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $150k

Executive Assistant

23d

Veeam

HybridSan Jose, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior IT VIP Support Specialist

27d

HybridPalo Alto, USA

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Executive Assistant to Co-CEO

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $150k

Sr. Executive Assistant, Chief Legal Officer

2mo

HybridPalo Alto, USA

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$68k – $133k

Executive Assistant (to the CEO)

3mo

Blacksmith

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$120k – $160k

Recruiter, Mergers & Acquisitions

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco, USA

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$240k – $295k

Payroll Manager

1mo