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I'm intrigued..what do you all do.......?

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lilly72 · 15/10/2002 21:35

As a relatively new Mumsnetter and Mum I am hooked on this website..I have posted twice on here about certain difficulties I was having and the advice given has been great. I am intrigued to know what you all do other than being Mums...what are your paid employments?

I have just started back to work 3 mornings as an accounts assistant for Volkswagen...anyone else...?

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MABS · 16/10/2002 21:42

LOL Willow2

By the way - I work 2 days per week as a quality manager in the leisure industry.

Rhiannon · 16/10/2002 21:59

Partner in CCTV business and local paper round, NCT volunteer doing any job that doesn't involve counting money as it's sooooo confusing for me!

anais · 16/10/2002 22:09

Www, you've been commissioned to answer Jan's question???

trudles · 16/10/2002 22:13

I'm a staff nurse on a cardiology unit and work 4 days a week. I only wish it was a 9-5 job But I am famous too as we had a tv news crew on our ward this week I had a non speaking part I was told to do something nursey so I undid a bandage then did it back up again! I was sooo proffessional.

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ScummyMummy · 16/10/2002 22:34

wahey trudles. I am starstruck just being on the same thread as you

tracyhay · 16/10/2002 22:48

Droile,
I'm not clever, I just worked really hard! I love the Hawking stuff too. Astrophysics was my speciality!

McKenzie - loved your little poem! I totally agree! I was on London Today, Woman's Hour and in The Mirror and Daily Mail saying pretty much the same thing! I was the example of an (apparently) intelligent woman who cold have a good career but preferred being a mum instead. Whenever there's a work vs home debate I get rung up about it!

Tracy

Scuba · 16/10/2002 23:01

I'm a full time nhs manager although I'm currently looking at other options. I envy those of you who are SAHM or work p/time. Who knows may be one day I'll see the light.

cherry · 16/10/2002 23:07

I have just started working ful time in a shop, after three years of working in bars then a few months unemployed.
Although dd is at school now it is SO hard because I only get home in time to bath her and put her to bed. It's good to be back at work but I feel like I am missing so much!

WideWebWitch · 16/10/2002 23:16

This thread is sooo interesting! Scummy, we shall go to the Oxo tower, one day, if we're good. Janh, I'd love a career in pedantry, how do you get into that then?

jasper · 16/10/2002 23:48

what is the oxo tower?

susanmt · 17/10/2002 00:11

Just what I was going to ask, jasper. Oxo to me is what I use to make gravy ....

Scuba · 17/10/2002 00:21

Or noughts & crosses

mollipops · 17/10/2002 07:27

I work 14 hrs a week as a customer service officer for a bank (a fancy title for a teller!)

Azure · 17/10/2002 08:23

I'm also new to the site. I'm a financial controller for a film company, working full-time. I would love to work only 4 days a week but know I would end up with the same responsibilities, more stress and less pay.

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lilly72 · 17/10/2002 08:41

Great responses...thanks for answering...I would love to eat at the oxo tower too..however I have recently had dinner at the Ivy...FANTASTIC...WWW where did you get your name? Everytime I see it I wonder what it means....

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sis · 17/10/2002 09:47

janh, like www, I too want a carrer in pedantry - I think I could be really good at it but being an amateur pedant, I need to know about pay and prospects first...

Alibubbles · 17/10/2002 10:33

Mckenzie, I love your description of what you do!

willow2 - I wish!! One thing I don't have that I would really love is a wonderful figure, how come I never get to standstill for two minutes (even the cat comes and sits on my lap in the loo!) I never lose weight?

Ghosty · 17/10/2002 10:48

I am a SAHM who used to be a primary school teacher ... and ran a Drama workshop company for kids in the hols ... and used to party all weekend ... and used to be able to drink a lot without falling asleep ... and used to be able to have a conversation that didn't involve the words 'sleep', 'potty', 'poo poo and wee wee' and 'Who's mummy's special angel pumpkin pie boy then?'

Marina · 17/10/2002 10:51

The only solution to the Oxo Tower debate is to organise a meet-up a long way ahead and throw open our spare rooms to visiting Mumsnetters. I live about 7 miles from it as the crow flies and have never been in either.

SueDonim · 17/10/2002 11:02

I'm a SAHM but in Indonesia, so I have to manage a household-full of staff. It's like having loads of children and I think I ought to be paid the going rate!! Was a pharmacy tech in a former life and also a voluntary worker for NCT and another charity in the UK.

lou33 · 17/10/2002 11:45

Fionn it's a chapterhouse one, but it's been so longsince I managed to do any I don't know if they will still grade me!

emmabee · 17/10/2002 12:11

I went back part-time to my old job as art editor on a womens' monthly magazine. It's ideal: I get two days alone with ds then I can hot foot it back to my desk to log onto mumsnet!

prufrock · 17/10/2002 12:14

I have been to the Oxo Tower - 1st wedding anniversary treat. Unfortunately I seem to have an allergy to really nice restaurants that causes me to throw up after my main course! I went straight back to the table and finished my dessert and dh still doesn't know!

Clarinet60 · 17/10/2002 12:33

Sounds like a great idea Marina. I have relatives near so wouldn't need spare room, but nice for others.