Can’t have it both ways: Work half the time, get half the pay, seems
reasonable.
You get to decide how hard you want to work which seems to be the objective
here. Wanting to work as little as possible for the most money is not
unreasonable but however you get paid, you’ll earn more if you work more.
You hire someone at $25/hour you expect an hour’s work. You don’t expect
to get billed for two hours pay for one hour’s work.