Apologies for long post- don’t want to drip feed!
I currently work 3 days a week and it’s a good balance. I have 4 DC and a menagerie of animals so the two days I have off are pretty full with household chores, gardening, juggling kids activities etc.
I’ve applied for a full time role after a restructure at work, my current part time role still exists but is changing and it is not going in a direction that I am happy with so I thought it maybe a good time to change jobs.
However I’m apprehensive about working full time. My youngest DC has just started secondary school, so in theory it should be fine except we live in an isolated rural local location with no public transport - I need to drive/ collect them from the nearest bus stop 3 miles away to get them to and from school. If I go full time they will need hang around after school for an hour before I can pick them up not ideal but probably doable.
What I’m really concerned about is the school holidays, I will be out for a minimum of 10 hours a day and they will housebound as they cannot get out unless someone drives them to the bus stop or takes them to town. We have no family/GP to help out. I think that would make their school holidays for my younger two pretty miserable and I am also concerned about what would happen in an emergency as we have no nearby neighbours they can call on.
My eldest two DC are off to uni in September so me going full time will be a big help financially -their maintenance loan won’t cover the full rent for halls let alone food. But, I think, it would be better for my younger two DC if I stay part time. It may also be better for my sanity as I will inevitably spend all weekend cleaning, washing, ironing, gardening etc etc.
DH hasn’t really offered an opinion either way, ATM weekends are fairly free and DH spends a lot of the weekend doing sport/training. I’m ok( ish !) with this as I only work part time but if I go fulltime he’s going to have to muck in more and TBH I think that’s going to cause a few rows as he won’t care or notice if the house is a tip.
I keep going round in circles with this and changing my mind about the best thing to do, help!- all opinions welcome!
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Runnerduck34 · 25/02/2019 11:43
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