Is it worth going back to work

[wingingit987]

I've just had my second baby and I'm due to go back to work in the spring.

I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it may be to soon to be thinking but our childcare fees are going to be almost £800 a month and I only earn 1100 at most a month is it worth it?

We when I say the child care fees would take up £800 of my wages u mean jointly it's all one pot in our house. I mean working 3 full days a week for maybe less that 300 is shit!

But on the other hand I really love my jobs and the people who I work with we have a great team the money isn't great and career progression is abit crap. I also don't like
The thought of not working incase my relationship goes down the pan atleast I still have my career.

What does everyone else do? Any way to help with fees? Or what is being a sahm?

It’s absolutely worth working but for that kind of money I would only want to work part time. You don’t earn enough to justify extra help like a cleaner, it’s easy to burn out working and doing chores etc and having no free time at all.
Even one day of a week will make all the difference.

What’s your partners work and salary like? Can he compress to 4 days so you only need 2 days childcare a week and spend more time with the children?

It depends on what you do for work, if you have a job you can come back to in a few years and just pick it up again.
I have doubled my salary from what it was when I went back after my first mat leave 7 years ago. It was tight at the time paying for nursery. But if I’d not went back then I would earn nowhere near my current salary.

Not to mention the safety net of having access to your own income.

Keep working and think longer term. When my two were babies and toddlers I worked for next to nothing but persevered and maintained my job. I worked for 7 years part time and the last 10 years full time and it has paid off remaining in employment financially as well as the human interaction.