What is your job/career? And how many hours do you do a week?

[lunavix]

And did you start off with those hours or full time and dropped down post-kids?

Accountant, management, corporate finance, big bank, city.

Pre-dd: all the hours God sends, as & when required

Post dd: 3 days a week, strictly 8 til 4

I actually find it quite frustrating having to drop things when they're not finished (control freak perfectionist type!) and leave them for someone else, but have reconciled myself to it for the near future.

And it's rather nice to say to everyone else 'bye guys, have a nice weekend' at 4pm on a Wednesday!

I do corporate finance too, full time and silly hours till DS1, then dropped to 3 a week (inc one from home) since DS2 the logistics are hideous for commuting so i do just two days a week inc one from home. Never in a million years thought they'd agree to it but clearly they're desperate . It is difficult making an impact in just 2 days but it doesn't really impinge on my real life with the boys so I'm happy.
Secretly I'd prefer 3 days but it's just not poss at the mo.....
What are you planning lunavix?

Primary school teacher. 3 days a week.
Term time only but I do go in to school for one day during half term, a couple of days during thr easter and christmas break and 5 days of the summer holidays.
I need to arrive by 8am at the latest and I leave 5 pm earliest. I do about 2 hours at home on average a week.
Not bad all in all.

I work in property development - part-time school hours
I used to work full-time in marketing but it was too hard to juggle the DCs around work and everything else so gave it up to try something new
Best decision I ever made even though it's less money and no company car

Ta- started post dd1 so work 3 days (technically 17 1/2 hours) and also do o/t

I'm trying to decide on a degree to do. Dh and I are having a little dispute - he seems to have been under the impression that when the dc's start school, I'll be working full time. I know that I shan't!

But I've been thinking as I don't plan on entering a job as a full timer, how easy in professional/graduate jobs it is to acquire a part time position? I was planning eventually training as a primary school teacher, but (spudmasher one for you!) how realistic is part time work? Most teachers do five days don't they?

FWIW, I'm currently a childminder, between 20 - 50 hours a week I love my work, but it's not long term

I currently teach full time but I am thinking of going 4 days per week. Does anyone have any idea of how I can calculate the wage reduction? I want to have a general idea before I request this. Also, to what extent does my boss have of turning this request down? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Music teacher for 12 hours per week. Last year I did around 18 hours because ds was at preschool for a day and a half and it seemed silly not to make the most of the hours he was there. I also did a postgraduate diploma. This year he is in Kindy every morning, so I have cut back, and it's really much nicer.

Next year I will work harder - I promise.

Swanny go on to the NUT website - they have a salary calculator.

Part time is ideal I think.
You are that little bit more detached from the whole treadmill of it all and you don't get a sill as all the other teachers!
W£here I work it is easy to get part time work - loads of job shares. The key is to find a job share person you get on well with and apply for posts in tandem.
If you don't mind not having your own class then there are lots of jobs doing G ant T, SEN, EMA and PPA cover up for grabs. Two such jobs were in my local paper this week.

Run a B&B and make puddings for our local pub. Hours depend on who we have in how long they are staying etc, puds for pub usually 6 hours per week which I fit in with DD's nursery. Never work beyond 1pm.

I want your job.
Puddings and getting paid.

Hate eating them but love making them, but they do get a bict stuck in their ways and so trying to edge them towards differnt ones.

I'm an advertising sales manager but currently on maternity leave. I'm due back at work in 6 wks
My DH is going part time (2 days) so he is looking after DS when I go back to work. I would love to work part time and stay at home with DS but I earn so much more than DH so needs must!!

I work 24/7....btw Im a sahm . The job started when the kids arrived lol..!!!

Sorry lunavix, not the answer you were looking for....!!

BTW look at swanny's other post..my sister applied for reduced hours from 5 to 4 days a week and was turned down...On the basis that she wasn't allowed them due to not having a valid reason or kids more to the point..! NOT sure but think schools may be like this..??

Teacher 8-5 tend to do about 5 hours work over a week (maybe more maybe less). It will depend what age you teach because of all that marking. I am full time. I do work harder when writing reports. Also do 2 parent's evenings and a couple of socials a year.

NHS manager. Anywhere between 30 - 50 hours a week. Hours have increased over the last couple of months - found myself doing a 70 hour week the other week - never again...

I'm in the office mainly between 8.30am - 4.30pm and I'm lucky that travel time is only 20 minutes. The rest of the work time is at home when ds's are in bed, so again, quite lucky I can juggle it. Quite knackered though...

sahm
i work 24/7, 365 days of the year.

IN terms of paid work?

Used to work full time OTH

Once first child born, and to date, freelance pharmaceutical and medical research. Work around 30 hours a week probably.

Always worked full time from when the first child was born 22 years ago. Can't see the point in dropping down unless you love spending lots of time with children (which not all parents do). Also if you spread a lot of children across your entire adult life that is a bit different from having a short burst of a few very close together, in a long career.

Part time has always seemed very silly to me - lose most hope of soaring to the top at anything, mother hood, career etc, seen as second status person at work and in a marriage too and many sexist men then foist all stuff domestic on you too. Better a full time at home parent than a part time compromise. But best of all is keeping up your career - you owe it to your children long term and largely fail them if you stay home.

been at the gin again Xenia?

'you owe it to your children long term and largely fail them if you stay home'

I mean, please! You really are seriously deluded!

eh gobble?
whats that all about then?