Hi all, I work four days a week and have one ds who's nearly 4. This morning I was really flattered to be rung up and offered a job, but had to turn it down because it would involve longs hours and nights away from home.
What was most discouraging was that the guy offering the job went completely cold on me when I said I had a child - he promised to send me details anyway via e-mail but nothing has appeared.
This is the first time I've really been made aware of positively losing out through motherhood. I simply don't have the flexibility to go for better paid jobs that involve moving/working long hours/working away from home. It's particularly difficult because I'm a single parent and don't have local backup, but it must be the same for most mums (but probably not dads, she thought bitterly!). My contract here ends in 18 months and I'm really worrying about what I'm going to do.
Bit of a ramble but I'd be really interested to hear whether this is a common thing for others.