Would you do this working day?

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Nursery setting, 8am-5pm,or 9am-6pm, 45-55 minute commute each way on public transport. (don't drive, bicycle got nicked)

One 30 minute break all day

Can have a drink and a light snack with us in the room, often get free leftovers from the childrens' meals.

£75 a day net roughly

I know everybody has different limits but I've often sold myself short in previous jobs and accepted low standards. No job is perfect but i do wonder if I can aim higher. I'm 30

No
The working day is manageable, but not for that pay.
You are still young. Please train/ retrain. Yes you will be brassic for a small number of years but your 50 year old self and your children will benefit so much long term
Xx

@Viviennethebeautiful

No The working day is manageable, but not for that pay. You are still young. Please train/ retrain. Yes you will be brassic for a small number of years but your 50 year old self and your children will benefit so much long term Xx

Agreed.

Do you have qualifications/desire to retrain? What other options are there?

It depends, what other options do you have?

It’s a long day for what the mim wage or just above. Out from 7-6pm I did childcare for many years I loved it but plenty more less female Jobs that pay lots more. Hospital porters for example on feet all day physical job same much less responsibility/paper work and yet much better pay.

Even cleaners get call what £15-25 an hour. Childcare is half cleaning

I suppose.ot depends where you are in the country, but that wage seems extremely low to me. I also work in childcare.

Can you look for nannying work? My cousin was a primary school teacher and quit to nanny two children the family are lovely, she gets paid more and she had a great time with the children. She does have some SLT and SEND experience which means she gets paid quite well, but generally the party would be more than £75 a day.
My mum ran a private nursery for twenty years and left to work in retail management because it paid more. Childcare is woefully under paid for how valuable it is

Fortunately it's not my only option, I've just started it through an agency as i thought it would be a good experience. I do like it but I am sure i can earn better (even if it's an important job that should be paid higher)

I'm in the North West btw

Short term, yes. I would, however, be looking at other future options with higher pay and working out how to get there. If it is to gain experience for 6 months, it's fine. Long term, not so much for that pay.

The day isn't that long. I've worked many roles with longer hours and similar breaks.

Working day? 42.5 hours a week, not unusual, and I've had jobs with those hours. Commute sounds pretty normal too.

What you are really asking is whether the job pays what you want to earn.

Your gross pay (which is what you normally look at) is about £476 a week, assuming you work 5 days. £11.20 per hour, and I doubt you'll find a nursery job that pays a lot different. It adds up to a £24,752 per annum salary, if that helps you compare to other types of work.

It's better pay than what I used to get when I worked in a nursery, but that was about 8 years ago now.
I left, partly because of the pay and partly because of the long days (we did 4x 11h days, I used to hate getting the train at 6.30am in winter).

If I was still looking at nursery work it would depend on what the commute was like and whether I liked the "feel" of the nursery.