I am sure this topic has been covered but I went through 3 pages and couldn?t find anything. I work now as a secretary and I was not concerned about going back to work after my little girl comes in December but we just announced a move to down town Detroit from our nice place in the burbs 2 miles from home.
1) That adds over an hour to my drive time each way
2) The stuff that they say about Detroit is true?and it?s pretty scary
3) I would be away from my little girl 9 hours+ depending on traffic every day and that kills me
I would love to stay home with her but we need some form of income coming in from me. Any of you ladies make a decent living working from home? I am not talking like $100 a week I mean I would have to make at least $400 a week for this to fly with DH. I have a BA in English and a MA in Counseling, I have years of secretarial experience and have worked in doctors? offices before but I don?t know coding and billing. I just feel like a jerk because I was told I would never have kids so I made my education my baby and spent 7 years in school now all I want to do is stay home with my real baby!
Re: Any of you ladies work from home?
Oh, gotcha. I was dealing with a fussy baby while trying to read.
On that note, I know plenty of people who commute into Detroit or Pontiac and they are fine. Suck it up, or find another job.
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I live in a very nice area but it is about 45 min from Detroit and that?s the issue. 45min in rush hour down I-75 translates into over an hour easy.
The reason it took me so long is that as soon as people find out I have my MA they tell me I am ?over qualified.? If I am willing to apply for the job I am willing to do the work.
Mom+Dad+Josie+May 2015=2 under 2!!!!
I work from home, about 20 to 30 hours a week...and without taking dd to my in laws two days a week it would be nearly impossible, lol. It's really hard to do any work with dd home, and I'm exhausted at the end of the day when it comes time to work at night.
I'm in the metro Detroit area. Before dd I was a newspaper reporter and was offered the opportunity to be a campaign manager from home when I was pregnant, so I took it.
My candidate lost, which was actually a good thing because I found more work from home opportunities.
I work for a social media company, and I also started my own business setting up basic websites, writing ghost blogs for companies, creating online newsletters, making fliers, doing public relations press releases, etc.
With an English background, you have opportunities out there, you just have to hunt them down.
But being a wahm to make the income you want is hard without some child care, if you don't want to spend all your nights and weekends working. Good luck!
bingo!
Sorry for the lurk. I assumed I should go straight to the source if I wanted to SAH.
I am in the same area as my parents and DH?s parents so I have round the clock free babysitting that has been offered up not asked for. If I stay with my current job it?s a 20min drive to their house (they all live with-in a block of each other DH and I grew up together) then a 45 min drive down town putting me at over 3 hours in the car every day. This is where it is killing me. They offered to babysit but only in their homes (which I get, obviously I don?t like spending 40+hours a week away for home either). I assumed if I was a WAHM I would cut down my commute to the 20min back and forth to the inlaws/parents and cut out the hour down town. All of the jobs I keep finding are in Detroit, Southfield or Dearborn which are all really far from me. This is just really frustrating.
Mom+Dad+Josie+May 2015=2 under 2!!!!
well, to be fair this is the SAHM board. Not the WAHM board...most of us don't bring in any type of income or do any work whether at home or out of the home.
If it were that easy to find a WAH job for $400 a week, I think a lot more people would do it. Honestly, it sounds like you are making a lot of excuses just so you can stay at home. As a person who lives in Metro Detroit, and has worked in Detroit in various locations for the past 11 years:
1) That adds over an hour to my drive time each way
This is a pretty normal commute for Detroiters. Most people do not live in the city and there are a whole lot of people who commute. It all depends on what time you leave. Leaving 15 minutes earlier can mean the difference between a 45 minute commute and a 1.5 hour commute. I drove over an hour every day for the past year and a half. It stunk, but is not unusual. We live in the suburbs, and my husband works in the suburbs...it is still 45 minutes.
2) The stuff that they say about Detroit is true?and it?s pretty scary
Actually downtown Detroit is pretty safe. If you are near Campus Martius, it is very similar to the suburbs with a lot of people eating outside and walking around. Down by the Riverfront near the RenCen is beautiful in the spring and summer. Wayne State or the DMC is full of young people. If you are not near one of those hubs, you can get most places driving main roads, just don't drive the neighborhoods. You find your routes.
3) I would be away from my little girl 9 hours+ depending on traffic every day and that kills me
Again, not all that unusual. This seems to be your real issue.
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Me again. I'm in Macomb County...not sure where you are but there are jobs here, you just have to take initiative and expand your search. Check Craigslist, go to direct company websites, market yourself, call businesses you drive past each day or go into them. Most jobs around here are posted on big job sites last.
There is no quick answer, but you have to be driven and persistent and you can find something.