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rubytuesdayblues · 10/04/2017 19:59

I'll try and keep a long story short but don't want to drip feed.

I worked hard from age 15, getting into a professional field in the civil service in my early 20s. I had DC at 32 and took voluntary redundancy during maternity leave. I took my professional qualifications whilst off and then set up a limited company with DH. I didn't work much (ran the company, studied, did little bits of consulting) but mostly looked after DC as DH was often away and no family locally.

5 years on and DC started school. I started looking for work and was offered a full time role just before xmas after 6 months of looking. I requested flexibility but was told it wasn't possible. Was offered an initial 6 months contract and I'm half way through.

The commute is horrible, the job frustrating and workload too high (even with me working through lunch every day). It's a reasonably good salary (only 5% lower than I was on 7 years ago - they haggled me down) and the people generally good to be around. New manager has started and is proving to be a micromanager, even through I've around 12 years more experience than him.

The lack of flexibility is causing me real issues. I feel as though I have zero time. I'm leaving the house at 8am to take DC to breakfast club and back at 6:30pm. By the time I've spent some time with DC, sorted dinner and bedtime it's 9pm and then I have chores to do. By 11pm I'm wide awake - not good when I need to be up at 6:30am. I've had to pause my studying. I spend a day a week catching up on things (I still run the business and DH is often away). I see so little of DC and I miss them.

Part time work at my level/in my profession is rare. It took me months to find this job and I don't know when I'd get another. I like working but this is sapping all of my energy.

I don't know what to do. :(

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Babyroobs · 10/04/2017 20:12

I'm in a similar situation too (except without the high workload). I took on a new job as a second job but the commute is working out much longer than I anticipated - the job is split between 2 locations so I might spend half a day in one then have to walk to the other ( about 20mins). I can't park at second location which means 20 min walk back to car then stuck in horrendous traffic home. Finish times are unpredictable. Morning commute is a lot better but still a reasonable walk to either location. None of this was made clear at interview !!
I am 3 months into a 6 month contract and just keep thinking should I pack it in whilst still in probation period so would only need to give a weeks notice.
The computer system is antiquated and completely frustrating and I haven't been given much training. Clients frequently don't show up and I'm left with hours of nothing to do . On the positive side my team are all lovely and supportive and the work is interesting.
Things at home have gone severely pear shaped and it's causing friction. I do another job at weekends.
I think maybe you need to look for another job before you give this one up, although I appreciate that's going to cause more problems for you. How badly do you need the money?
Also how would it look on your CV to give up a job so soon , I am also worried about that, although I do have a second job so wouldn't be completely without work.