Would you take this job with a 3 year old?! I’m torn!

Of course you should take it. I'm surprised that while your child is at nursery the housework takes the entire day

My goodness there are thousands of women that do this day in and day out. Whether you want to do it is for you to decide.

Get a cleaner, have food delivered, batch cook.

I wondered this but I didn't like to say! 😬

Did you apply for it, or were you head hunted?
Also curious to know what it is (I've been made redundant so your offer seems like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to me right now).

Why would you not be able to do proper meals? What do you think the rest of us are eating??

If you want something done, ask a busy woman.

You will work it out. Evening or early morning working, get a cleaner because you can afford one, batch cook, get DH to step up and do his share, let your standards slide a little, whether that’s a wipe down of the kitchen/bathroom rather than a full clean, or a takeaway instead of dinner from scratch. I promise you, you will be fine.

I think you are possibly worrying that you might not be good enough for the job, but they would not have offered it to you if you couldn’t do it.

Many congratulations on getting the job 🥂 🥳 🙌

Absolutely take the job!

You need this job OP if you are spending 7 hours a day cleaning and cooking. Take the job!

Only fans? WFH and pick hours. I'm not sure the OP is coming back to answer.

I'd definitely give it a go if I were you. My daughter was in full-time nursery care since she was 4 months old because I had to go back to work (on less than a quarter of what your salary would be). As others have said, if you don't like it you can resign. You may wonder "what if" if you don't try it out x

Same here. There can't be many employers who will pay £70K a year to someone, for a work-from-home-job, where you can 'pick your own hours.' (Especially if the person offered the job is a mum who hasn't worked for 3 years .. That's quite incredible to be offered such a job.)

Does make me wonder what it is. What is your line of work @Amivei ?

Roles exist across multiple sectors where you can have that ultimate flexibility. Day to day you can have the flexibility to flex your work around life, school runs, extra curriculars, school events and other responsibilities. Yet it’s an unspoken agreement that you step up and put the hours in to get the job done where needed.

The job roles still come with duties that needed completing and over a year these will add up to FT work however the work load may look more intense in certain parts of the month or year. When a company offers that high level of flexibility to an employee, it can be one of the best benefits it can offer and in turn bring committed, highly motivated and dedicated long term employees. This gives the companies confidence to know that their team will step up to get the job done during crunch periods, which can look like early starts and logging on after putting the kids to bed. Which is where remote working comes in extra handy. It all comes down to give and take.

Better to take the right job at the "wrong time" than to wait for the "right time" and end up taking a worse job.

You would be mad not to take this. A lot of people would kill for a job like this.

You don’t need to clean a house top to bottom every day and if you do, you can pay for a cleaner or get your DH to do more.

If you don’t take this you will look back in a decade and kick yourself.

Do it! Most places let you give one month notice in the three month probation period so you can quit if it’s not working.
Also, I suggest you put your child in a private nursery. They usually open 730 till six. With 30 free hours it will cost about £5-600 per month, which is nothing on that salary.
It’ll give you the flexibility to work long days if you need, and your day commuting won’t be difficult. We both work full-time & private nursery was a game changer for our careers.

If it takes you from 9-4 to clean the house and prep a meal, I'm wondering if this job might be too demanding for you?
Is there something else going on here?

Absolute no brainer. Your DC will not be 3 forever. Use the salary you earn now to outsource as much of the domestic drudge as possible. Buy expensive prepped food / meal boxes, get a cleaner and a gardener and maybe even get in a "home help" to look after DC (I worked like you are when my three were small and I had someone pick up the kids from school and look after them for a few hours a couple of days a week; if you get the right person can also fold washing / prep veggies etc). And split the domestic work better with your DH: you both fold washing in the evening while watching TV etc. Honestly, do it -- you will be less likely to end up in that place of resentment long term.

Lots of people do this. Get a cleaner if needed. Don’t have to make a gourmet meal every night, batch cooking or some easy stuff are absolutely allowed! I’ve never not worked apart from mat leaves and coped absolutely fine, and I have a very demanding job with travel etc.

I think this is a wind up?

It's 2025; women don't have to keep house anymore!

I don't mean to be funny but your 3 year old only child is at nursery all day even though you are a SAHM. Why? I kind of thought the point in being a SAHM was to look after your kids in their early years.

As you currently have a big chunk of every day to yourself anyway, I'm struggling as to why you couldn't fit in a very flexible, well paid WFH job.

What type of role is it @Amivei . Have you done a similar role before so you can easily get back into it?

You can "work when you want as long as you meet client need". Almost exclusively working from home. For £70k! This is many, many people's DREAM job! There's no reason on this earth you shouldn't take this job. As for meals, slow cookers are a godsend, pasta dishes take 10 minutes, needing to cook the tea isn't a reason not to take a job. If you're earning that amount of money it'd make more sense for you to get a cleaner in a couple of hours a week than turn the job down.

Haven't voted as I don't know which is which, but you can outsource cleaning your house.

Even if you spend your entire salary on making your life easier now and just break even, you will be in a better financial position in few years because you have been working.

100% you should take it. You'll adapt in no time.