Working part time might be a dream of many but a new report reveals that you should think twice before you push for more flexible working patterns. Many women believe that part time hours could mean maintaining a career balanced with an improved family life but the reality is somewhat different. But it seems part time employment helps neither your career or your family life, as many report reduced income, career dead ends and not enough family time. The report comes following an extensive study of 12,000 white-collar workers and which found that part time workers still felt obliged to work as hard as their full time colleagues, but without the benefits of promotion and a full time pay check.