Hi
Looking for people who might have been in my position and could advise. I have 3 boys (8, 5 and 2) and have worked part time throughout.
I really enjoy my job and have made progress so that I am now a director. I now work 3.5 days per week plus the occasional evening meeting or additional day and I'm lucky to be able to work from home from time to time and take out time to go to kids shows or hospital appointments etc
However I am expected to keep an eye on emails and answer calls on my day off (and catch up on work in the evening on the day I leave early to pick up boys from bus stop)
Work along with some other personal commitments are taking their toll on family life. We all have to leave the house at 7.15 and with washing, cooking meals for kids etc I don't tend to get to bed before 11.30/12 with no time for chilling out. At best I eat dinner with my other half once a week and on days when I have to work in the evenings find myself quite agitated with kids at bedtime.
In order to improve the quality of our family life I am considering asking if my hours can be reduced to two days and effectively take a demotion. If this isn't an option I am thinking about leaving to find a more contained, less pressurised (but also less challenging) job.
Have others done this too? How has it worked out for you and your family? And how did you adjust your thinking so that your value was not measured by your position at work but by what you were achieving at home? (By the way, I know I cannot be a full time mum as I need some outlet/intellectual stimulation.)
Thanks in advance
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CaffeineDependant · 18/02/2013 11:14
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