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How to work part time/the best days to work after mat leave

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Greeneggsandham202 · 13/09/2022 09:52

Hello,

i’m planning to go back part time after mat leave of my first baby.

can I ask those who have what days/hours you worked and why?

also did you find it harder to keep up with load or did your employer take it into account?

i was considering doing 4 days but know for a fact that I’d end up doing 5 days work in 4 but with 3 days that wouldn’t be able to happen.

I was thinking 3 days and doing mon, tues, weds.
i think it may work better for bank holidays. Also it’d still give me the ‘Sunday night’ feeling of getting everything ready for the week ahead rather than me unconsciously slipping into having 2 Sunday night feelings as I could picture me telling DP I’d just do my Sunday night things on Monday and spend both Sunday and Monday doing my laundry, lunches etc. DP works mon-fri and usually makes our lunches so would be easier to just get it all done together?

Other options are:
tues, weds and thurs
weds thurs fri
mon, weds and fri - but think that maybe to spread out.

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