How two people can occupy a single career path
In short: This 1981 BBC Archive clip explores the early rise of job sharing as a solution for balancing complex home lives with professional ambitions.
In this Nationwide segment, Tony Wilkinson examines the growing trend of splitting one full-time role between two people. The report highlights how this model allowed individuals to manage the demands of raising children while maintaining a career, featuring a pair sharing a role at the North Kensington Law Centre.
The phenomenon was already gaining significant corporate and governmental traction by 1981. The report notes that approximately 600 employees at NatWest Bank and 2,000 at Barclays Bank were participating in some form of job sharing. Even the House of Commons utilized the practice, with six specific roles—including researchers and librarians—split among 12 different workers.
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