I work four days a week but am really struggling with it in terms of feeling that my work/life balance is all wrong - I just feel as if I'm always charging around dropping kids off/picking them up; trying to be in several places at once. I really feel that if I could work a day at home the balance would shift more and things would be a little more relaxed, and I could also work very well and effectively from home.
But I am wondering how to put this to my boss - my instinct is to be fairly honest, and talk about work/life balance and how this just isn't working for me currently (I think if they don't give it to me, I'll have to hand in my notice); but DH thinks I should be more hard headed about it and just appeal to their business heads - say why I NEED to work a day at home for work reasons, and why this won't be a problem for them.
But, I'd tried that tack last year (saying that I could get much more done in a day at home a week) and it didn't work - they didn't allow me to do it. I feel that now, a year on, I need to try something else - that it's been long enough that they value me and won't want to lose me, and would respect my feelings about trying to get a good work/life balance. It's a small company, and a new one - we have all started there in the last year and a half. I have a good relationship with my line manager, so that's why I'm veering towards more of the 'honest' approach. But am I being naive? Will they really give a toss about this?!
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RooTwo · 07/04/2013 19:45
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