I'm in Melbourne, going through our eleventy-billionth day of lockdown and homeschooling.
I have quit my part time role with local government where I am top of the band pay wise with no where else to naturally progress to, and accepted a new role that is also part time but 4 full day, same money (but taking home more because I'm working more hours) for a role that could possibly be an amazing opportunity career wise.
Or it could be a huge fecking flop.
Today I have just hit a wall with the homeschooling, and no end in sight to our lockdown.
I've struggled with the government role since I started 2 years ago because it's so suffocating. I'm definitely 1 - 2 bands higher in my experience but it's the role that is banded, not the employee and their experience they bring.
The pros for the government role was that it was local and part time but the new role is remote and part time so I feel I'm swapping like-for-like there.
I was approached regarding the new role, it's not something I would have applied for because it's a bit junior and not something I have relevant experience in.
I pushed the salary at the start of the interview process with the new role because I didn't care if they said no but they accepted and now it will be very good money for a junior role with ample room to grow and earn more.
But. But today it just feels shit. I had told myself we'll be out soon, dc will be back at school etc. But now I don't think they'll be back until next year.
Dh is good but he has a very demanding job, working across multiple time zones US/Europe and does as much as he can but as I was only working 6 hours a day I obviously picked up most stuff.