Working Moms - How do you feel about your job and going to work? - Page 2

[branditopolis]

Originally Posted by Skippy918 

While i like my job, I feel that 40 hours a week plus commuting is too much.  I felt like I could get a better grasp on running the household when I was temporarily working 32 hrs a week.  I am so tired from waking up at 5:30.  The evening seems hectic and rushed when I walk through the door at 5:15-5:30.   to get an extra hour in the evening would be great.

I work 32 hrs and even that seems like too much... there just aren't enough hours in the day.

[Quinalla]

I think saying I mostly love my job is fair. I used to nearly always love my job. The big thing for me is we do a lot of travel and that went from being sometimes a nice break or at worst an annoying disruption to infringing on my family time to the point where I have had to cut back my travel severely which also doesn't feel fair to everyone else who is picking up the slack and even when I do travel, every little delay is a huge stressor as getting home at a reasonable time is so important to me. The only other thing is that we are a small company, so when the $#$# hits the fan, there is an expectation to work long hours to get things done, but I am very resistant to that now, but since I manage my own projects I can at least control everything I have to get done and try to leave time each day to deal with emergencies. I do enjoy my job a lot though. I have considered looking for a new job that doesn't have any travel, but I haven't started seriously looking yet as there are a lot of great things about my job, it's very flexible hours-wise, great benefits, good pay, great work environment and coworkers, great boss, etc.

To the OP, I do think a different job would help since it sounds like you never liked this job, but you may still want to not have a job at all sure, but since it sounds like right now you really have to have a job, I think it would be worthwhile to look for something you enjoy more. I'm one who definitely wants to work, I think more part-time hours would be perfect for me, but there just aren't many (if any) jobs like that available in my field.

[poorlittlefish]

I hate my job.  Well, actually, I am totally indifferent and not into it at all.  I moved jobs shortly before my DD2 (18mths) was born and that just made it worse.  Not very feminist of me but I don't care anymore.  I want to be home with my kids.  After a long time of talking it out, I am quitting in a couple of months to stay home.  Fingers crossed that it is as great as I hope.

[CatsCradle]

Originally Posted by poorlittlefish 

I hate my job.  Well, actually, I am totally indifferent and not into it at all.  I moved jobs shortly before my DD2 (18mths) was born and that just made it worse.  Not very feminist of me but I don't care anymore.  I want to be home with my kids.  After a long time of talking it out, I am quitting in a couple of months to stay home.  Fingers crossed that it is as great as I hope.

Just a side note:  I don't think present-day feminism is about paid employment, I think it is about empowerment and availability of choice.  I feel pretty disempowered when I'm unhappy.

Good for you for deciding what is best for you and your family at this time.  A happy mom is an empowered mom!

[namaste_mom]

I was pnce in a job where I hated gping to wprk/ I quit that job after I got a different ine/ That was 8 years ago, I love my job now