Working SHifts, does it work???

[Skribble]

I have an interveiw next week for a job that involves wotking 4 days on and 4 days off. Day shifts only though 8am - 7am.

Anyone have any experience of this and how it worked with family life. DH works an awful lot Mon - Fri but a lot of evenings and weekends too. Kids have a lot of afternoon activities and I worked out that I would be off for example 4 wednesdays in a row, but then working 4 wednesdays in a row. Not sure how MIL will cope with this, she has them quite a lot anyway, not sure if she will be happy ferrying them to activities more often.

Its such a pain I have been desperate for a job and only 1 I get an interveiw for is 1hr away and involves 11hr shift argh!!! We so need the money to get back on our feet, I don't want to do it for ever perhaps for 1 year.

Well Pretty much what I thought, I have been trying to get something nearer to home, bit more 9-5 or preferebly job share, but no luck getting interveiws.

I would do cleaning but never get a look in for those sort of jobs either as they look at what I have done and ask why, they don't take me seriously, even 10 yrs ago they thought I was over qualified and wouldn't last a week.

Perhaps I should miss out a few things on my CV so I look like I have been a devouted housewife for the past 10 yrs

I want to get into something like H&S, emergency planning, housing or some other council type thing, job share would be ideal as kids still young, but they are both at primary school so big chunk free each day.

I would prefer to run my own thing but bloddy useless at these things already tried and failed at running my own stall.

Bumms!!!

Oh! UCM is always a contender for Quote of the Week.

And yes, I would do that for £150.00.

In fact, in my youth, I did something similar for slightly less

Desi, I'm going to (discreetly!) find out more about that at the next meet up! ....you are so upfront! I like it!

Skribble, people who want cleaners don't ask for references. They just need to know who you are.

Earning a living becomes terribly difficult when you've got kids.

My convoluted post was really just trying to give you an insight into what might be possible. I do all of that without running a car, btw.

Could you perhaps do a course from home?

How much do you need the money at the moment? With careful debt management and low expenditure, could you get buy and re-train with a small weekly government grant?

Well, Crook

A gal has to pay the bills ...

Desi I am just starting a foundation degree anyway. Don't think I am eligble for any weekly grants. I take it the kind of cleaning jobs you do are done working directly for clients in theirs houses and not through an agency.

TBH the thought of having to work cleaninging someones house all by myself depresses me, I am bad enough at home in my own house bymyself. I need a job wher I have more contact with collegues or customers.

Anyway I am not going to go for that job, still trying to get something closer to home with normal hours, I do have a part time job but it can be very infrequent and I really need some regular money.