I'm about to go from "part time" working in a very busy Primary School office as a Business Manager (although always end up doing full time hours over 4 long days) to accepting a full time Procurement Officer post in a Council, working 3 days from home and 2 days in the office.
I'm leaving a very lovely school with a great boss as I'm doing 37 hours yet being paid only 32hrs plus doing far more "free hours" each week or on my day off, weekends and evenings. I'm doing anything from 40-57hrs a week yet never get paid for the additional hours. I'm not slow/inadequate, it's just the school has not had many processes/policies looked at for years if at all, so there's loads to implement and skeletal office staff and no budget to recruit more. Yes, I will miss out on working Term Time plus 2 weeks (although end up working on/off every holiday whilst off) as my new role will only give me 25 days hols but I can buy more after probationary.
I'm wondering if the full time working ie getting up every morning will be more tiring or if, working from home 3 days a week in a quiet relaxed home, will offset this and overall, will be far less knackering despite actually working every day for a min 7hrs. Also, I'm wondering how anyone learns a job when the team are all working 3 days each week from home.
Has anyone done a similar transition? I'm 49yrs so no Spring chicken and scared of the change - although I will be doubling my salary hence me deciding I'm working loads of additional hours and not getting paid it, nor really having a part-time life so I might as well get paid to.