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Your insight please...work related
I took my maternity leave which was 12 weeks and then told them I wasnt coming back but I always maintained a good relationship with the company. The girl that took over for my position has absoulty no common sense, none! I had told one of my bosses numerous times and he just gave her the benifit of the doubt since she never worked in the field (accounting) and she is still new. Well 9 months later and she still can't pick up on anything and has made some really big mistakes (he was going to fire her but had nobody to replace her). Well they are begging me to come back part time and I can bring the baby. It would what ever schedule I want but it has to be consistant day to day and week to week. My pay would be more hourly than what I was making before. It is a really small office 15 min. from my house. I don't know what to do. I know it sounds like a no brainer and take the position but I am worried I am going to be very stressed like I was before. I wouldnt have to deal with some ofthe BS work like before and the girl that took over would basically be reporting to me directly and I would have to keep on top of her. She needs to be watched an babied then she isn't that bad. My main concerns is how would I keep Luka occupied, he is 5 months old and I am worried that I will not be able to do both but then again I dont know how it will be because I never did it. So what do you think?
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Posted 9/18/06 6:07 PM  |
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Moehick
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Well I think it boils down to what do you want.....do you miss work?
Can you do without the extra $$ or will you need it?
Once you answer those questions it won't be hard to figure out what you want to do
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| Posted 9/18/06 6:10 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Your insight please...work related
OK first thing that comes to mind is what kind of baby do you have? Will he nap anywhere? Will he stay in a swing, exersaucer, etc? If he could nap during part of you work day and then maybe eat and play it might be easy to work 4 hours a day if he slept for 2 and played for 2. For me it wouldnt' work because my DD just isn't that kind of baby but some people are lucky and have really easy babies.
Second. Do you miss working at all? I know in the beginning I didn't but now I actually like working PT (although I don't bring DD with me).
Then I guess do you need the money? Will it come in handy? or will you really be working for no reason and end up resenting it.
I guess if it were me I would give it a try. You always have being a FT SAHM to fall back on but maybe this would be the best of both worlds but you won't know until you try.
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| Posted 9/18/06 6:18 PM |
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sunny
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Re: Your insight please...work related
I agree, it depends on your baby.
It can't hurt to try, right?
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| Posted 9/18/06 7:01 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Posted by Moehick
Well I think it boils down to what do you want.....do you miss work?
Can you do without the extra $$ or will you need it?
Once you answer those questions it won't be hard to figure out what you want to do
I agree- these are the first 2 questions you need to ask yourself.
If you decide you want to go back to work, then you need to figure out how you are going to do it. I know Jordana would be bored in an office all day. Can you work from home? Can you bring toys/swing/bouncy/exersaucer etc... to your office?
Only you can decide what is best for you. Also as Sunny said, it doesn't hurt to try. You can always leave.
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| Posted 9/18/06 7:36 PM |
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ddunne2
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Can you work from home? That would probably be easier than bringing the baby to work with you.
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| Posted 9/18/06 8:22 PM |
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Thanks for your responese. I can't work from home but I can bring in things to occupy him and their is a tv and cable their. Luka is a great baby but the only schedule we have so far is after he gets up in the morning and has his first bottle he goes back down for 1-2 hours. Last week I dont remember the day I want to say Friday be took a 2 hour nap in the late morning early afternoon and he did the same today, he slept from 11:30 to 1:40.
As far as money, we aren't struggling but it would be nice to have the extra cash. Part of me wants to go back and part of me doesn't.
Do you think me being unsure is a sign that I do not want to go back?
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| Posted 9/18/06 8:26 PM |
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mtg1970
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Re: Your insight please...work related
You could do a trial for about 2 weeks and see how it works out. Based from out GTG Luka seems to sleep anywhere so that's good. If he was on a somewhat strict schedule and a creature of comfort (i.e. likes sleeping only in his crib) then it may pose a problem.
Worse case is it doesn't work out to your favor and you stop right? 
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| Posted 9/18/06 8:30 PM |
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Posted by Seles81
Do you think me being unsure is a sign that I do not want to go back?
I think it would be a little weird if you weren't unsure. You've been able to be at home, and that's a gift. It's hard to give back a gift that so's special. I would suggest doing a trial run. Tell your boss that you would like for the arrangement to work out, but you won't know for sure until/unless you try.
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| Posted 9/18/06 9:16 PM |
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Adrianna, I agree with everyone. I would say you wont really know unless you try. I agree with you on the extra cash. I could have stayed home totally if i had wanted, but honestly I did miss work (not that much, just a little teeny tiny bit  ) and the extra cash has been great. BUT, i missed work because i wanted that small break for myself to be strictly around adults, that and i didnt want my skills to get rusty.
It's great that you can bring him to the office but like you said, do you think that may stress you out even more? Is there any way you could work like a few hrs a day twice a week or something like that and have someone watch Luka?? Hope whatever you decide works out best for you and your little boy!!!
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| Posted 9/18/06 10:13 PM |
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dandr10199
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Re: Your insight please...work related
Posted by mtg1970
You could do a trial for about 2 weeks and see how it works out. Based from out GTG Luka seems to sleep anywhere so that's good. If he was on a somewhat strict schedule and a creature of comfort (i.e. likes sleeping only in his crib) then it may pose a problem.
Worse case is it doesn't work out to your favor and you stop right?
I was going to write this exact thing! Try it, if it is not working you can always let them know you want to quit.
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| Posted 9/18/06 10:21 PM |
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