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I chose this Best Of episode because Gaby Mercado and Gaby Proctor drop their best job share advice to help you do the same. The SuperTeam didn’t just job share in corporate media—they co-founded a business together.

The Gabys are the ultimate proof that job sharing isn’t just a workplace arrangement—it’s a life partnership. Their decade-long journey from corporate job share to co-founder business owners shows you what’s possible when you find the right person and commit fully.

Enjoy this masterclass on what job sharing makes possible!

GX2: A Job Share Superteam’s Advice to Future Job Sharers

They thought about it for years—corporate turned entrepreneurial job share team Gaby Mercado and Gaby Proctor open up about how they persisted for their job share’s approval and what they’d do differently today, so you don’t have to.

You might be surprised to learn how job sharing can positively impact your career and income. Tapping into one another’s strengths gave the duo the “perfect formula” for career success, so much so that, unbelievably, the minute GX2 (their job share nickname)  began job sharing, not only did they make more income than working full-time, but the job itself became a fun adventure.

A Gaby is always there for you!

In this episode, GX2 shares how they took their job share from the corporate world into their entrepreneurial journey. The duo expands upon how job sharing impacted their household labor and Mental Load while allowing them to lean into the parts of parenting they enjoyed most but were previously unable to do, like volunteering for field trips once they found themselves able to “move through both worlds fully and more intentionally.”

GX2’s message to you: Educate yourself, create a plan to job share, but don’t wait—instead, go for it.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover Job share SuperTeam GX2’s Best Advice:

• ✔️ The surprising seed that planted the idea of job sharing for GX2 — and what finally pushed them to make it happen after years of thinking about it
• ✔️ How GX2 proposed and negotiated their job share, including benefits — and the remarkably short time it took them to match their previous full-time income
• ✔️ How to negotiate your compensation in a salaried versus commission-based role, plus the surprising statistic about job sharers who are promoted together
• ✔️ Why job sharing was Gaby Mercado’s ‘perfect formula’ for a more successful, more enjoyable career, and what that actually looked like day to day
• ✔️ How GX2 leveraged their job share partnership to transition from corporate radio into building a business together
• ✔️ GX2’s best advice for anyone exploring job sharing, why no one is coming to hand you a job share, and the mindset shift you need to pursue one
• ✔️ The unexpected ways job sharing improved Gaby Proctor’s marriage, helped her set real boundaries, and made her more present in her personal life
• ✔️ How the collaboration skills Gaby Proctor built job sharing translated directly into success as an entrepreneur
• ✔️ Why job sharing’s time has come—and the tools available right now to help you create your job share

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• Work Muse Job Share Project Case Study Videos
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