To ask what all the happy WOHM do for a living

[JellybeansInTheSky]

I have been following a few of the recent threads about being a SAHM etc. There are quite a few WOHM who have posted that they really enjoy their jobs. Can I ask what you do? I am a WOHM with 3 DC aged 7, 4 and 18 months and I am not finding work very exciting at the moment.

Love my job. Interesting colleagues from all over the world, great atmosphere, challenging work. -> Engineer - lead and work with a small SW verification team. (30h/week, usually over 5 days.)

I am a journalist.

what's a WOHM?

I teach at university.

But this is part time . The rest of the time I work at home as a writer.

I work in a Quality Dept in the manufacturing industry. Very glam in my PPE

I'm a waned managers assistant for our local NHS.

22.5 hours a week 10-2:30pm. I love it.

I'm a solicitor but I don't advise on the law anymore, I write about it for a law publishing company. I also worked in a library for a year while doing some freelance writing on law stuff.

Quality assurance here too, I really enjoy it.

Nurse (community rather than hospital). I love my job, hours are pretty family friendly as no shifts so works well around achool and childminder. Plus I love my job so it was an easy choice to make.

I think if you have a choice whether to be a sahm or a wohm, it's probably easier to choose to go back if you love what you do - if you really hates your job and didn't have to go back for financial reasons, why would you? You'd be better spending the time as a sahm finding a job that you enjoy before you go back from maternity leave.

Teacher. Am always busy but love my job and my way of life.

social worker. love working with people. very rewarding. office is 5 min drive away. paperwork and workload are the downside.

Teacher here too. Marking is a pain (English teacher) but I love the kids and love my subject. Never boring!

University Admin. 2.5 days a week. One hr commute each way.

Decent pay, fab holidays & benefits ie maternity, sick pay. Great pension.

The only thing I would change is the commute but it's nice to work somewhere where not everyone knows your business (from a small town). I wouldn't get a job closer to home with the perks & career prospects so it a choice I've made.

Newborn hearing screener two days a week. Absolutely love it!

Head of Marketing for a large company. Flexible and part time which helps with the happiness factor

Full time project manager at a university, I really enjoy the work it's a family friendly employer and workload is ok. Am thinking about reducing hours but it's nice to have the money!

Software developer. Full time. I work with very smart people and the work is challenging and interesting. I Can work from home occasionally on my laptop. Also I can go in late or leave early if needed, but ofc I need to make up lost time. I could also get last minute annual leave approved for childrens sickness.

However this is based on having preschool children. I don't know how it will be when DD1 starts school.

And no overtime either. It's pretty much 40 hous.

Finance manager in the local primary school, but because it's a small school and there are only three of us in the office I end up doing all sorts of things, really. Keeps things interesting, plus it's the school my kids go to. I love my job beyond all sense or reason (which is handy because the pay is roughly half what I could expect in the private sector!).

Nurse - again in the community , love my job. Only work 25 hours a week though as need to be main childcare provider due to DH,s 60 hours a week he works .

Lawyer - salaried partner in the City but in a non-corporate area and a humane firm (they do exist!) so hard work but not brutal in terms of late nights etc. I have a long commute (1.5hrs each way but not the end of the world - 45 mins on mainline train = time to have a coffee and read the paper) so have a part-time deal whereby I leave early a couple of days a week so I can do the bed and bath routine some of the time. I've been on mat leave twice and feel I am happier and a better parent when working.

PA - 4hrs every morning Monday to Friday. Have 14mth DS. It's ideal :)

Another lawyer - work for a small private practice, walk to work and very flexible employer.

Interesting, high quality work.

Tried SAHM but really slow death....

I am a self employed work at home Mum- during school holidays I work around 15 hours a week, during term time it can be 50 hours a week. I choose how busy ( and how much I earn) I want to be.

I'm a psychotherapist/counsellor I volunteer 3 half days a week
With kids aged 11 to 25 in and around my local area.