I work 3 days a week in an office based role. I went down to 3 days after the birth of my daughter 4 years ago. We now have 9 month old twin boys and I recently returned to work.
My daughter just started reception and so I have two days at home with the twins and obviously do the school runs on those days too. I’m exhausted with the physical and emotional demands of the two days off and am considering working an extra day.
I am feeling horribly guilty that I’m in such a privileged position to be able to work three days both from a financial and flexible employer point of view and really worry what people will think of me for essentially saying I don’t want extra time with my children (and I also judge myself for this) when so many other people are desperate to work part time but can’t. For reference if I went up for 4 days on one day I would work school hours from home so I could do drop off: pick up on that day still and the twins would be in nursery. It would mean a longer day in the office on another day to make up the hours so I wouldn’t see them all before bed that day. Please tell me honestly what you think
AIBU to want to increase my hours and essentially decrease the time with my children!