Calgary_Girl
Full time employment: Posting here.
Told my boss that I'm not going back to work after my Maternity Leave is over...gonna be a SAM for a while . I kind of feel guilty but taking care of two munchkins is like a full time job!
"Congratulations"? Sounds like you're going to work at least as hard for a lot less pay...Told my boss that I'm not going back to work after my Maternity Leave is over...gonna be a SAM for a while . I kind of feel guilty but taking care of two munchkins is like a full time job!
I think the first dozen years are the [-]worst[/-] most important. If you do it right and get a little lucky, then by the time they're teenagers they'll have so much respect and admiration for you that they'll stop talking to you!
Congratulations, I hope you enjoy the time. When our first was born I left my job and we lived on one income. The idea was that if we liked it that way and could live on just DH's income we'd just keep going. It turned out so well that I didn't work again until the youngest started college!
Some women say they feel isolated and bored and need adult contact but I didn't feel that way. I liked the isolation and I loved being a mom and homemaker. I'm not one to get bored, I always have something to do or I just enjoy doing nothing.
Have a wonderful time!
Business Week's conventional wisdom was that you were keeping your workplace skills (and your résumé) fresh in case your spouse got laid off or, heaven forbid, you ended up divorced/widowed.Enjoy those little ones and make some good memories with them, CG.
I was able to work at least PT from home as an "independent contractor" (i.e., "pay all your own taxes and get no bennies, you schmuck") for all but two years according to my SS statement (1982 after child2 was born, and 1992 when I went back to school). The PT years were crazy and looking back I wonder why I did it--the money pretty much went to taxes and it was exhausting and you really get no respect from anyone. So iimho your company did you a favor with its reaction to your idea to work from home a couple of days a week .
Told my boss that I'm not going back to work after my Maternity Leave is over...gonna be a SAM for a while . I kind of feel guilty but taking care of two munchkins is like a full time job!
"Congratulations"? Sounds like you're going to work at least as hard for a lot less pay...
I think the first dozen years are the [-]worst[/-] most important. If you do it right and get a little lucky, then by the time they're teenagers they'll have so much respect and admiration for you that they'll stop talking to you!
Told my boss that I'm not going back to work after my Maternity Leave is over...gonna be a SAM for a while . I kind of feel guilty but taking care of two munchkins is like a full time job!
Enough said! Nothing to feel guilty about, IMO.I proposed working from home 1 or 2 days a week to my boss and she said the company's new policy was that they preferred that none of the employees work from home . So I said "see ya"! Plus, I really hate the direction the company's new management is taking it and I really don't want to work for a company like that anyway .