I've been in a Civil Service role for a couple of months and it's... something else. I'm also an AO but have been put into an AA team for some reason. There's also never enough work so I usually finish around 2h early, if at home this is ok, if not I have to somehow look busy in the office, otherwise we're sometimes given tasks like tidying up.
I am really grateful to be in the CS and the salary I'm earning for what I'm actually doing is very respectable.
I can't see myself doing this role forever. Without sounding rude, a 5 year old would be able to do it, it's the most mundane, basic admin work possible.
I'm aware I sound ungrateful, but until you actually do this role I don't think you can say. There's zero thought involved, zero challenge, zero diversity.
However it's good that I can turn off my PC and don't need to think about it until the next day, and it's very low stress.
I would like to start a family soon. I am planning to apply for an EO role, the next grade up, however many EOs in our office don't get to work hybrid most of the time. I know a lot of EOs don't line manage but the ad states you may be placed into a line manage role. This is something I wouldn't want nor would be any good at, it doesn't seem that you get a choice.
The current role would certainly be more family friendly, the promotion (if I even got it) may be more challenging If I have to commute more and also might involve more stress. Not sure what to do tbh! Does anybody manage to juggle a more stressful role full-time with raising children? Or maybe I could keep the current role and even apply to go part time? I'm just not sure tbh, all I know is I can't put up with my current role forever.