If you have a job you like or is flexibile, what do you do?

RD'sgirl

I'm really hating my job and there's NO WAY I can stay here (or in this field) for the next 30yrs.  I hate the field I have my degree in   I don't need to make a ton of money, dh does pretty well but I still want to work. 

Thing is, I'm stuck at this shiteous job and away from my baby for 45hrs/week, I want to spend more time with her.  What do you all do if you have a job with flexible hours??

hersheykiss

I have a job with somewhat flexible hours, but I do have to be at work at 7am and the rest of the time is flexible. I work in the accounting field, as an Accounting Admin. I also assist the HR Manager as time permits.

I have friends that have very flexible schedules and work at home as medical transcriptionists. You might want to look at that.

suscq

I'm a marketing consultant and have flexible hours.  Most of my work is done on the computer (I design catalogs and mailers) so I can do most of my work from home. 

madhatter2003

I'm a project manager for an IT company.  The hours are still basically 8:30-5, but if I need to I can leave early and make up the time later or on weekends, etc.

Shayna0182

I'm a customer service rep.  I work 4, 10 hour days and get paid really well for it.  I do have a set schedule, but I love that I get weekends and one day off a week home with ds.

tdalbey21

I do medical billing. I also keep the stats for the Cath Lab I work at. I work 3 days in the office and one day at home. 32 hours total. I usually get to work around 7:00 and leave around 2:00. The rest of the work is done at home when the baby sleeps or is at the sitter.

Honestly, I just lucked into it. I have a great relationship with my boss. I am the only person in the lab that does what I do. I discussed my plan to cut my hours and work from home shortly after I told them I was pregnant. Luckily, a lot of the medical billing staff at the hospital work from home so it's something that is pretty common here.

GoalieWife

I work as a per diem employee in the healthcare field. They let me know when someone is going to be out and I see if I can arrange to get a sitter. I have to give them 40 hours a year.

Tabby2727

I'm an HR Analyst 2 for the Commonwealth/State of PA. I work 37.5 hours a week, with great work hours (pick our own with 1/2 hour lunch). The other employees are nice to work with and the bosses are great.  We do a lot of the hiring for our department and classifying job titles (post positions, refer names to the supervisors for interviewing, get approvals for the ones selected and establish release/effective dates).  I've been her 10 years and love it.

bubbs147

My mom is a medical transcriptionist, and it is work from home with completely flexible hours.  She downloads dictations (sound files) through the internet, types them, and uploads the finished product.  She works about 30 hours a week I think.  She doesn't get paid terribly well, but I think it's all about how much you put in.

kmh2201

I work in HR as a compensation analyst.  (We basically administer the company pay programs, annual increase process, and evaluate jobs to find out their internal/external worth.)  My job is pretty flexible.  If I need to work from home, my boss is fine with it.  I work 9 hour days, 9 days in a pay period, so I have every other Friday off to have more time with DS. 

I actually switched jobs/employers when DS was 6 months.  Best decision I could have made.  In my last job they let me work 7:30 - 4:30 for daycare pick-up purposes, but I always felt like leaving before 5 was held against me.  And I think they expected everyone to put their job first over their family or home life or whatever.  (I think they assumed that having a family meant I wasn't "engaged," so they started rated my performace lower after I got PG and then after I had DS.  My manager actually told me in a performance review that I needed to decide if work or my family was more important.  They should be lucky I didn't file an EEOC claim...)  I also used to work from home at night a lot, and I rarely have done that in my new job.  The job change was a huge positive change.  DH noticed a difference right away.

It's hard to change jobs/employers/occupations, but if it will make you happier and give you more time with your LO, I say go for it!  This is what I told my last employer in my exit interview:  My son won't understand how much money I make (at least until he's a teenager and money matters more), but he will know/remember how much time I spend/spent with him.  No job is worth sacrificing time with my family - they come first. 

GL!!

erino&chrish

I'm a loan officer for a large bank/mortgage company.  I get to work from home and set my own hours.  I do whatever I want depeding on my workload.  Most days I am at my desk by 8 and work until about 2:30.  I can go running on my lunch break, don't have to commute or dress up, and make well into the 6-figures.  I have a degree in business/finance and 9 years in the mortgage business so I kind of set myself up this way before we decided to TTC.  I adore my job, my boss, my clients, and my hours.

macchiatto

When I get back into it (I'm a SAHM now but I have done some freelance editing and some work-from-home scoring and adjunct teaching for extra income) I will work as a counselor in private practice. There is definitely some flexibility with the hours there, though of course the income is not guaranteed and there is unpaid work outside of the sessions. (Especially earlier in your career, like I am, when you have to do more research for treatment planning, etc.)

madameladauphine

I'm an Executive/Personal Assistant.  I have flexible hours because my boss is freaking awesome. 

 

AutumnBride929

I work for a chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee.  It's a desk job.  My primary focus is receiving the proof of claim forms but I do some other things, as well.  I work 37-1/2 hours a week (8:30-5:00) and every other Friday we get a half day.  It's a salaried position so we get our full pay even if he lets us leave at noon.  We also get to leave early on Fridays if it's not our half day, usually 3:00 or 3:30 so I LOVE it.  It's very flexible... we can take our lunch breaks whenever we want.  If we need to leave for a doc's appointment, we can just make the time up whenever, as long as we do it within a reasonable amount of time.  It's pretty much all the honor system though.  There's no time sheets or anything like that.  I am just lucky that I work for the trustee I work for because they are not all like that but they are independent contractors with the bankruptcy court so they can run their offices how they want to... as long as everything is caught up and things get done.  I really enjoy it... very casual atmosphere.  And no, the pay isn't fabulous or anything but the flexibility and free benefits are so worth it (although I'm switching to DH's medical insurance next year due to some changes with ours).

 

kcisthebombdotcom

I work as an HR Manager. I work for a small business so I only put in 15-20 hours a week (usually around 17). I can make my own hours as long as I keep them posted on my door so if employees/managers need to speak with me they know when they can. I love it.

heatherlane

Used to work in retail management and loved the flexibility of that job, but you kind of have to work into that position and start on the bottom, which is crappy. It took me about 5 years until I was managing my own store/setting schedule/etc. And it's not the kind of flexibility most people want b/c I usually worked 4-6 weekend days a month, but had time off during the week or days I went in at 1 and worked until 9 or 10PM.

Now I work in banking, in a branch setting currently as a service manager. I eventually hope to move into a corporate/back office position (my employer's headquarters are here). I love it, and if by flexible you mean my boss doesn't mind of I shorten my lunch breaks and take off early on Friday, or getting an afternoon or morning off for LO's appt is no problem, then it's flexible, but my scheduled hours are 8:30-5:30 M-F, more or less. I love my job, love weekends and holidays off, love my PTO and health benefits. Love that the mall is 2 miles away in one direction, Target is 2 miles away in the other, and there is an Indian lunch buffet within walking distance. OK, lovefest over. I need to actually do some work now.

jennybeams

I'm an Executive Administrator for a very large company.  They let me work 7am.-2pm Mon-Fri and then a little from home as needed.  My company is amazing, and so is my supervisor.  I wouldn't want to do anything else.  I'm sorry you don't like your job.  Have you tried asking for a Flexible work arrangement?  I lot of companies will do it, people are just too afraid to ask.

pink.dutch.tulips

i'm a paralegal .. the hrs aren't as rigorous as an attorney and the hourly requirements aren't nearly as brutal.

 

gumiberg

i'm a technical writer. its a boring job BUT its very flexible.  i work in the office mon/wed/fri 730-noon and do the rest from home.  when my kids are older, i will go into the office more often but its nice to have a job that can be done at midnight on a sunday, if that is when i want to work.

TSD

MH and I own a lighting and home decor store. It's under 5 min from home. Ether one of us or both can be there, E can come there, etc.

LeahBeah1212

Before I was laid off I was in advertising sales. The hours were 8:30 to 5, but we could be in the office as much or little as we wanted, we didn't have to tell our manager where we were going. Other than that we could be out on sales calls.  We got an hour for lunch and could run errands or go to appts. whenever we needed to.  Many people left around 3 or 4 if they were at goal and were "done" for the day.

We had goals and had to make them to make commission, but it was a pretty sweet gig.