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can you freaking believe it? because i can't find adequate affordable child care full-time, they would need to let me go, because the hours are non-negotiable. i had asked to temporarily come back 3-4 days a week until i could find a care provider that i felt comfortable with.
food for thought:
-i job share with someone who was willing to cover the days that i can't right now.
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-the 3 women who made this decision to let me go both are, or were, single mothers.
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-i worked at a nature center that bills itself as a non-profit environmental education center, with all of it's programming geared towards children and families, who they apparently hate.
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-i had asked if i could possibly bring her in one or two days a week while she was tiny and they refused, however other people bring their kids in all the time or have their buses drop them off in the afternoon.
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-when i was hired, it was for part time. they BEGGED me to work more hours and let me make my own schedule, with them knowing full on that i was about to have a baby.
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so now i'm back to square one, except now i've got a baby to deal with while i interview.
totally conflicted about this too, because while i'm not exactly thrilled to be standing in the welfare line right now, i was also not thrilled at working my arse off to barely scrape by because of the ridiculous cost for infant care - basically spending my entire salary on gas and paying someone else to raise my child.
on the bright side, my sister works for goddard school, and wants me to come in for an interview. they all know me there, and know my situation, and i would be able to bring e to work...it wouldn't be free, but it would be discounted, and she would be in the building with me all day long. so i'm headed up there tomorrow to see if we can't work something out.
funny, before i had eden this would completely derail me, but now i look at her and i know that everything is going to be just fine. god i love her. she's the best thing that has ever happened to me.
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food for thought:
-i job share with someone who was willing to cover the days that i can't right now.
-the 3 women who made this decision to let me go both are, or were, single mothers.
-i worked at a nature center that bills itself as a non-profit environmental education center, with all of it's programming geared towards children and families, who they apparently hate.
-i had asked if i could possibly bring her in one or two days a week while she was tiny and they refused, however other people bring their kids in all the time or have their buses drop them off in the afternoon.
-when i was hired, it was for part time. they BEGGED me to work more hours and let me make my own schedule, with them knowing full on that i was about to have a baby.
so now i'm back to square one, except now i've got a baby to deal with while i interview.
totally conflicted about this too, because while i'm not exactly thrilled to be standing in the welfare line right now, i was also not thrilled at working my arse off to barely scrape by because of the ridiculous cost for infant care - basically spending my entire salary on gas and paying someone else to raise my child.
on the bright side, my sister works for goddard school, and wants me to come in for an interview. they all know me there, and know my situation, and i would be able to bring e to work...it wouldn't be free, but it would be discounted, and she would be in the building with me all day long. so i'm headed up there tomorrow to see if we can't work something out.
funny, before i had eden this would completely derail me, but now i look at her and i know that everything is going to be just fine. god i love her. she's the best thing that has ever happened to me.
