To ask your preferred working hours

[narcdad45]

Posting for traffic and also curious to hear from others what your preferred working hours would be if the choice was.

A: Monday to Wednesday 10am - 5pm
B: Monday to Thursday 8-4 Term time

Salary would be £1k extra for B and I'd still be entitled to annual leave

2 kids 5 & 8 and absolutely no family support and 40 minute commute each way.
Sorry don't know how to do voting.

B

B hands down.

You'll probably save more than a grand a year in childcare?

Would you need breakfast club for B? This may negate that 1k more.

If i didnt need to factor in breakfast club then cid choose B

Even though its more days in the week the term time only would sway me as it would save the headaches of school hols

B will mean paying for before and after school care which will easily eat your extra £1k.

I vote A

Definitely B

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I work 9-3 in term time. I used to do more what you describe in A.

B. Every time.

B for sure

Maybe calculate the costs to see if B is worth the extra Money.

B. But it depends what the childcare option is for 8-9am and school finish-4.

B is the dream surely?

Not worth it. You will need to pay for breakfast and after school clubs. Assuming this is £5 per child, this will equate to £20 a day. Times this by 40 weeks this will cost £4000 (annually/term time). If you are getting an extra £1k annually. Then not worth it. Better to do A and pay £10 a day for only after after school which will work out to £2,000 annually.

However, does B give you career progression? Also worth considering as these kids are not forever young.

B

Yes, you'd have to pay for after school care, but there would be no school holiday clubs to pay for.

Plus you get the school holidays off with your children!

Id choose a. I don't like early starts and 3 days is better than 4.

Sorry should have said in op, Childcare costs the same as they charge extra for pick up after 5pm and mon-wed I pick up at 6pm

@fartyface 🤣 love your username

I'm a night owl but since having kids realised a "lie in" is no longer something I'm allowed 😩

Your childcare costs would be higher with A because of having to cover the school holidays. B for me defo.

B sounds way better

In your situation B without a second thought.

Definitely B, even without the extra money.

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I'm sorry, how is A even an option?

Definitely ‘A’. Couldn’t even imagine getting two DCs up and out of house so early. Especially on dark winter mornings.

If the wrap-around childcare costs for A and B are the same, then definitely B as it will save you a fortune for all the holiday childcare - especially over the summer.

Sorry meant to say the wrap-around childcare costs for the after school for A vs. the before and after school for B.