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[Banana0pancakes]

I'll go first.
I work for a communications company fixing your broadband when it breaks. I have to work 5 days out of 7, one weekend shift and 1 or 2 lates a week too.

I need a job that will let me choose my days each week after mat leave. DH works 4 on 4 off so each week he starts work one day later.

Anyone have a job that could accommodate that?

My OH does the same job as yours (well did those shifts when the children were younger) and I was a teacher. Had to give up working because despite v flexible childcare the only way really is just finding a job where it is possible for you to do all pick ups and drop offs unless you have flexible family support. I did find a job working 9.30-2.30 but have since moved on as money wasn’t good. That shift pattern is so hard to accommodate between two of you, it’s much easier now he’s moved roles to something with a 4 week pattern and no night shifts! I can now work 3 days a week with minimal childcare requirements.

If you are wanting 4 on 4 off type shifts yourself them look at warehousing work. Not glamorous but it does fit the shift pattern and would give you the wages you require.

Local government. 30 hours a week over 4 days. 1set day off. But great boss if I wanted another day instead of the scheduled one so i don’t always have to use AL.

But working from home at the moment, i do 4 hours max as the work isn’t as hectic. Suits me fine!

I'm self employed and while I like to think I can pick and choose my hours I have been working 13 hour days, 7 days a week since the end of March with only two days off in between.
Highly flexible will generally come at a price.

I mean 4 hours a day NOT a week!

I’m a library assistant in a school. I work 30 hours a week with no flexibility, but my husband is a web developer working from home who is 90% flexible with his hours. For example, he needs to do some server maintenance when the sites are quiet so he’ll start that at about 11pm tonight. So he’ll work until lunch today, then stop and hang out with the kids, have tea then go to bed for a bit. It’s an extremely flexible work place but he knows lots of other people in similar roles or who work for themselves who have excellent flexibility. I’m currently seriously contemplating retraining in the same sort of industry as the money is much better too!

I work in a vet clinic 4 days during the week 8am-5.30pm, rotating Saturdays for half days. Plus on call one night a week and 1 in 4 weekends. Weekdays we don't usually get out at 5.30 though as there's always emergencies or jobs to finish, so it's more like 6-6.30.

I am a catering assistant in a public school.I work part time 12 til 3 monday to friday,I don;t work weekends or shool hoildays so end up with 17 weeks a year off.I do realise how lucky I am to be able to do this and its only possible because my dh has a good job which supports us totally.My wages are purely pocket money for the kids.

I'm currently unemployed and have a young baby with special needs. But before I had her I was a palliative care nurse and worked 3 12hr shifts a week. And also I worked one day a week doing activities in a nursing home. That was 8hrs

Have you considered retail?

Lots of big supermarkets are actually quite flexible and family friendly. When I worked for ASDA a lot of people worked different shifts each day to fit around their OH or their children.

You could do earlies/lates/a mixture of both/school hours/nights depending on what you needed. I did a mixture of 6-2 and 2-10 for a while and it worked out fine. You could always go between different departments too.

I'm a lecturer. I work four full days, 9 - 5. Currently WFH and it has crept up to five days, plus the usual bits and bobs of working at weekends and in the evenings.

Work in sharedealing as a settlements administrator Monday to Friday 9-530

@vanilandhoney I fully agree. I currently on gap year from higher degree education work at a 'posh supermarket' they pay myself over £11 an hour each night and 1x1.5 for each weekend so not bad including student pay.

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Forgot to add that our company does offer flexible working hours, the majority of the mums are wfh till September

My supermarket has a nights team that do 4 on 4 off. I do set shifts.
Baggage handler? Amazon warehouse?

Teacher. I work 4 days.

I am in school 9-3. Two days I will have left by 3.30pm, and two days I stay until 6:30pm. During this time, I do admin etc...

I work one day at the weekend and then 4 evenings a week, doing my marking and planning etc.

I'm a half time GP. I work 3 half days (7.15 until 1.15) and one full day (7.15 until 6pm) so 28 hours roughly.

Thank you all for your input.

I'm open to anything really, it just needs to be flexible for the next 3 years and then I can decide what to do with the rest of my life!

One solution is to get hired by the same company as your dh, but work the block opposite to his.

Project developer in an entirely remote company. Mon to Fri 9-5. With mostly flexible hours.

Academic. In theory I can work whatever hours I like. In practice, my role means I have to fit in with the admin staff who work fixed hours.

Anything that is "bank staff" let's you choose your hours to a certain degree - but it's never going to be high paying unless you have a professional qualification.

Accounts, 4 days a week, 9-3.

Civil Servant, Operations area of a smaller department. With COVID, my hours are longer and I frequently check in on weekends, but typically I would be Mon-Fri, no core hours and flexible working. Our team has people who work anytime between 5am-11pm, with a proviso that you generally make yourself available for meetings (unless you have a formal contracted working arrangement - say school hours only etc).

Its the most relaxed gov dept I’ve ever worked, with just the consensus of ‘as long as the work is done’.

Can’t imagine them stretching to allowing that kind of working pattern you mention, sounds like shift work like in a factory or warehouse would be your best bet, or a zero hours type contract, but I know those are insecure financially.