Working weekends

[ems130581]

I have been working temporary jobs since my daughter was born 3 years ago. Now I feel that I want to further my career and have been offered a step up the ladder. Unfortunately it means working every weekend for the next 8 months or so. My partner wants me to turn it Down because of this. I think he is being unreasonable and not looking at the bigger picture but he won't even entertain the idea! AIBU??

A good point IAm

They will both have Annual leave also.

This really just boils down to good old sexism. The Op is able to further her professional life by working a different pattern for 8 months.

Good luck ems

I don't think the point is looking after the children all weekend. I just think it'll put a lot on family relationship. It's important for both parents to spend time together with the children.

mumeee but they will be spending time as a family once she finishes work for the day. We are coming into lighter months so plenty of time to still go bike riding, walking, tea out etc once she finshes on Saturday and Sunday. Same Friday night. If there is any homework to be done that can be done over the weekend when she is working so both partners have 3 evenings of downtime having fun.

She will only be doing it for 8 months, not until the next Ice age!

i think if a woman had posted saying that her DH had been offered a new job that would put him further up the career ladder and earn them more money but it mean thim working saturdays and sundays for the next 8 months so she was saying no she wold get a resounding YABU and be told that in today's climate people should take work when it is offered, especially work that will put them as a familiy in a better financial position and wont even cost them anything in childcare. 8 months is nothing when you think of how many years families have together before their children are grown. i honestly think OP and her DH will be glad they did this (if they do it) once the 8 montsh are over and they start seeing the benefit of it financially.

apologies for the massively long sentence!

We do this- DH works mon to fri and I work fri to sun. We've been doing it since August, so about 8 months!

It's not ideal- but it's possible. I still get AL so I take the odd sunday off, DH sometimes takes a day in the week here and there.

For us we needed the money and it was a good career opportunity for me. DH struggled at first (he tried to do way too much at weekends and exhausted himself!) But now he's in the swing of things. It works ok.