I work for a small manufacturing company. We're only 35 people so I wear a couple hats: some bookkeeping, I run payroll and do some HR functions with my manager, and I also am a project manager - I mostly deal with the scheduling and sales end of things. I love my job mostly, and being a smaller company, the biggest perk is I was able to come back only four days a week after my first maternity leave, so I get Friday's off. I plan on doing the same schedule after this baby, and then once my kids are school, I'll be able to go back five days a week, but with hours adjusted to fit school hours, which will be nice.
I stay at home, and honestly most days lately I've hated it. I have an EXTREMELY active toddler, which I'm assuming is just going to get worse and my DH is hardly ever home because of work and school.
Then there's the whole having an unplanned pregnancy thing. I was going to go finish my degree when DS went to school but..that's getting put on hold now.
Don't get me wrong, I do mostly enjoy staying home. I'll probably do it forever I'm just in a rough patch.
jillywilly 4 days a week would be my ideal situation!
I'm a lawyer in Chicago. I work at a big firm, but the Chicago office is only 15 people and I love it. I do commercial litigation. I was just assigned a case in Florida. I'm trying to decide how soon I need to mention there is no way I am traveling there.
I'm able to work remotely, but I don't do it much. I'm hoping to maybe do it once a week after the baby comes. (So weird to write that since my PGAL brain doesn't connect pregnancy with a real baby!)
Post by moutonrouge on Aug 2, 2016 19:16:04 GMT -5
I work for a firm that does research and program evaluation. I collect data, analyze it, and write reports and things like that. I also do trainings in schools, and I write lots of grant proposals so we can keep/get funding we need.
My plan is to go back; we get a pretty decent amount of leave, and I really just started this job a year ago so it's still fun and newish. But I may go back part-time at first. A lot of people are 75-80% or less so it's doable. It will take me longer to advance to the next level of my position but I'm fine with that.
Post by elissamarie on Aug 2, 2016 19:18:40 GMT -5
I am working full time as a daycare director. I don't LOVE my job, but it is better than some of my past jobs (I have a social work background). It's really the only job I can have right now where I can actually work (daycare is expensive, it is free while I'm director). Once we pay our student loans, I will stay home or work part time...so when I'm 80.
Before DD I worked full-time in outside sales (lots of traveling, which was fun but I hate being away from home). Luckily, when I was pregnant my company created a new, part-time, position (to handle what I had recently added on top of my full-time work b/c it was something I enjoyed more), and they offered it to me (they didn't think I'd want to cut my pay in half but I was practically jumping up and down when my then boss mentioned it to me!).
I was actually trying to figure out how to stay home when DD was born b/c my H works nights/weird hours so we didn't know how it would be possible to manage that with my traveling. Cutting out my salary completely would have been doable, but very hard. So timing was perfect and I now work, from home, part-time, managing our online sales and marketing. Awesome company, great perks, although I 100% wish I could escape to an office occasionally!
I'm a lawyer but now SAH. I intended to keep working full-time but after DS arrived, I realized that I wanted to be home with him. It took me awhile to work out the details so I ended up leaving my job when he was 10 months old. I taught a law school class last year and kind of hated it. I turned it down for this coming year so I'll just be SAHM-ing for now.
Post by sillygirl44 on Aug 2, 2016 19:32:08 GMT -5
I am a special education teacher. I like my job minus the paperwork side of it. I really wish that I could work part time but that is never going to happen.
I am a dentist. I feel super lucky because I love my career and I'm able to work part time (3 days a week) since having DD. I love my days at home with her too and definitely have no plans to go back to working more days in the near (or distant) future!
I work full time in IT. I fix your broken shit! MH is a student (he has been super busy with a conference prep is leaving for tomorrow -- that's why he hasn't been around). He has an internship next year and then he is done his Ph.D. When we move for that -it will depend on if it could lead to a post doc position. If it does then I will find a job where we are but if it doesn't I'll stay home and then we will talk about the job for me once he has one. Of course if we don't leave (because he is applying to a place where we are) then I will continue to work and I will have to go back after 6 weeks. I am the only one making the money so no real choice there. He does stay home with Clara during the summers though. It is a huge help with daycare expenses! My dream is to be a SAHM until the kids are in school. Then get a part time job.
Prior to having DS last April, I was finishing up my BA. I turned in my last paper 2 days after he was born since I couldn't quite get it done before I went into labor.
After DS was born I contemplated going back to school for my second degree right away but the closer we got to the fall the more I realized I wasn't ready to leave him. I had always wanted to stay home with our kids for a few years anyway so for now the plan is stay home until we're done having kids and they're all in school. When that's finally done, I'll go back and get my education degree and teach.
I'm a full time office worker. Husband also works full time.
We cant afford to live on one salary here, as much as I would love to stay home. The choice just isn't really there.
After baby, I will be going back to work and will have to put baby in daycare. Daycare is half my paycheck - so that is going to be hard but as my husband says - what do you do when you live in a shoe? You move to a boot and get laced.
Post by landonsmom15 on Aug 3, 2016 0:08:19 GMT -5
I'm finishing up school this semester (student teaching), but then I'll continue staying home with DS who is 18 mos. and come March, this LO. DH is a teacher so money will be tight, but it's totally worth it in my opinion!
I work outside the home. I'm in healthcare. Usually about 45-50 hours per week, but I go in early so I can have most of the evenings with my 2 LOs (3.5 and 1.5)
ETA: i just read through some posts and see I was ambiguous. Not on purpose! I'm a PA. I work mostly in orthopedic surgery for a large hospital in the area. I don't work weekends, holidays or take call, which is a rarity in my specialty.
If I could work 4 days per week I would, but it's not possible at this point. H has a really sweet gig at his work, so some day soon we are hoping I can make the change.
Post by erinshelley21 on Aug 3, 2016 6:39:37 GMT -5
I own an insurance agency. I took it over when my dad and I was a few weeks shy of my 21st birthday. Between that and Dh being a firefighter (meaning he doesn't make much money) I will always have to work. Plus we like our nicer vehicles and camper too much. Unless of course someone comes in and offers to buy my agency for a handsome price, then I'll take a few months off and go find another job. I don't think I could handle SAH.
I'm shooting for at least 6 full weeks of leave. My brother works with me and we have one other agent, so there will be someone there to do my work. I got 4.5 weeks with ds and there were a few times I was working from the couch in those 4.5 weeks. I told my brother I wouldn't be doing that again and he's fine with it.
Post by ladytiffany24 on Aug 3, 2016 7:43:40 GMT -5
I work outside the home as an HR Manager in a corporate setting for a major retailer. H also works as a Director for the same company (different office). In order to maintain the lifestyle we enjoy, we need dual salaries. If H ever got promoted a couple more levels, I'd be more than happy to stay at home!
ETA: DD goes to an in-home daycare provider who she adores (and we do too). New baby will also go to the same sitter.
I work full-time as a software developer for a small company. I like the job and have been working at the same company for over 10 years. I also have the seniority to have flexibility in my schedule, like working from home part time last week when my morning sickness made it hard for me to get out of bed. I thought I would want to cut down hours when DD was born and even approached my boss about it. In the end, I like working and our day care is fantastic.
I've been a SAH with my almost 2 year old and plan on it withe this LO too. Before that I had been working retail although I got my BS in nutrition so I had my eye out for a new job, but then had my son and put it off. Now I'm interested in pursuing lactation consultant, debating starting the process once this LO is here or wait until kids are in full time school.
I do some transcription from home early in the mornings, but other than that am home with Elena. Some day I'd like to do something else, but working from home is so convenient it might be hard to give that up.
Before having a baby I was an office worker bee - usually some kind of admin or exec assistant.
I am an accounting manager at a large company. I work full time and with this position there is not the option to work part time so I will be going back after this baby as well.
DH is working on his MBA and does sales for a company out of the house so he takes care of DD on days when she does not have 1/2 day daycare at a church near us. She was 2 days per week last year and will move up to 3 days this fall.
BFP #1 December 2012 - MMC January 2013, D&C February 2013 BFP #2 October 2014 - DD arrived July 16, 2015 BFP #3 July 2016 - MC @ 9 weeks August 2016 BFP #4 Due January 2, 2018 - Please stick baby!
renegadewhit so awesome you are eligible. 😊 what is the leave? I want to be jealous.
I'm not eligible for my maternity leave until I'm employed one year. Oh well! I'm not too worried about it.
mikaela20 I have no clue what that saying means, lol. I also have to work. We transferred 2 embryos and if both took, my H was going to stay home. I would have been super jealous lol. There's only one baby in there though!
muskiefan what an awesome gig you have! I'm glad you have normal hours.
I am the sole money earner of our family. I am a speech-language pathologist in a school. My H stays at home with the LO and will probs keep staying home for a little while longer for the next kid too.
I wish i could stay home but I do love what I do. Working in a school is a great compromise for now because even though it is sooooo much work, I get to spend a lot of time with my LO with all the school breaks.
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