Hi all,
a month ago I applied for part time return to work from March onwards. My boss returned the app to me asking that I also include the flexi hours which I will need after an initial two month period.
So my proposal is part time (3d/week 9-4pm) and then after 2 months I'll go back to 5d/week but still 9-4 so I can pick up my baby from nursery. I work at Canary Wharf (business moved there after I left for mat leave!) and my home is in Fulham. Leaving at 4pm will ensure I'm at the nursery (opposite my place) by 5.30pm.
My contracted hours are 9-5, so my proposal mentioned that I will do the extra hour remotely from home, when needed. And that's because picking up the baby will be a shared responsibility with husband, although he may not be able to do this at all (keep in mind for later..)
I need to pay the nursery to secure my baby's place and only now did my boss come back to say that she (31, no children, not married) has to think about the Business and the rest of the team and although she is ok for the part time, she cannot provide a decision on the flex hours until she understands how I propose to manage my team, projects etc. AS IF I will be waiting until 4pm to manage my team or projects...!! Am I being unreasonable or is she just difficult? So if I were a single mom and did not have anyone to pick up the baby wouldn't she be forcing me out of work by not approving flexi hours?
My husband works abroad most of the days so I can tell he will not be able to pick up the baby for me. And I'll be paying extra in order to leave the baby at 8am and pick him up after 5. All in all I am sacrificing my hours with my son, and a fortune on nursery fees in order to keep my job and they can't let me go home an hour early? What is wrong with people?
The baby sleeps at 7pm so I'll be able to log in and answer emails for an hour then. I'm not a slacker and while pregnant at 8 months I worked 9-7 or longer for a project we had, when everyone had gone home. The project went live a week after I left fog mat leave and guess what, I never got credit for it (boss did).
I am really stressed and pretty depressed. Cried my eyes out yesterday.. I worked really hard to get to where I am, how can my boss not understand my needs?
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Jenny79 · 11/02/2010 13:25
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