Anyone work fulltime plus travel abroad? How is it?

[tonton]

I've just been interviewed for quite an interesting sounding job. It's definitely fulltime and will include some travel (would include northern Europe overnight a couple of times a month and longterm the very occasional week-long trip to Asia).

I'm keen to get an interesting job - we really need my income but it's also about intellectual stimulation for me. There's not much (if any) partime work in my field and at my level.
Anyway would love to hear from other fulltime working mums who have to travel for work. What's it like? What childcare do you have?

I have a 10 month old who will start nursery soon and a 6 year old at school.

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keen to chat to anyone who works fulltime and feels under pressure to do more than 9-5.

Hi Tonton, I answered you on the other thread. Good luck!

It's tough but do-able.
Just need an excellent nanny and a huge amount of organisation.
I travel overnight once a week minimum plus the odd longer stint.

As long as you have someone you totally trust with your children I think it is fine.

Best of luck.

We both work FT and DH travels abroad, but not every week. You need the backing of your DH: from my point of view it is a real strain when he is away and I can only be in the office 9.30 -5.30. We have a live out nanny - I think the MN view is that for lots of travel you need someone who lives in. And also you need to love your jobs, because as mateychops said it can be really tough leaving the DCs.

this all sounds a bit negative, and I didn't mean to be. You can do it if you really want to, good luck with the interviews.

Unfortunateky i don't think we could afford a nanny. I underastand that an average live-in nanny earns about £350-400 a week net in London where we live. The local day nursery is £247 a week. And I would get the tax rebate thing through work for that.
We would have a live-in aupair (£80-90 a week or so). She would look after the 6 year old after school.
Actually, maybe a nanny isn't so expensive after all??
All very confusing.

Wow! How? Did you advertitise online?