Advice needed-long

Eastie156

I went back to work full time after 12 weeks of maternity leave. Between juggling the baby, part time Grad school at night (albeit it's online) and DH working full tiime and taking Law school classes at night, we were hanging on by a thread. As luck would have it, I by chance got a call from a recruiter about a part time position (20-24 hours a week) in my field. The hours are great, the pay is excellent (I'm making the same amount of $ now as I was when I worked full time) but the job itself isn't great. When I say it isn't great, I'm really struggling to fit into the company, part time hours are very, very strange when I've always worked full time and I sort of miss the camraderie of a full time job/team.

That said, I'm also basically being "scolded" on a daily basis as I'm not picking up this part time job as quickly as my boss and I would've liked. it's been a big learning curve (maybe because it's part time?) and I've screwed up some small things but it's a small company so it's big to them. I'm also finding one of my co-workers has thrown me under the bus a couple times so far.

WWYD? Quit after finding another part time job (likely lower paying job)? Try to find another full time job again? Try to stick it out? My fear is getting fired. I guess it wouldn't be awful, I perhaps could collect unemployment, but that' so not like me to have that kind of attitude. We could afford for me to be unemployed, but not forever and especially since we are saving for a downpayment for a house and only have 10% down at this point.

aelhunt

Tough call. I would give yourself a goal to get in the groove of things-say 3 more weeks. If you still aren't feeling like you are fulfilling the job then I would look for something else part-time for the extra money. If the other part-time gigs don't see

*sparky*

How much longer are you in grad school and your DH in law school?  Assuming you are not really close to graduating, I would try to stick with a PT schedule. 

When I first went PT it was a little bit of an adjustment, but it would be

Eastie156

*sparky*:

How much longer are you in grad school and your DH in law school?  Assuming you are not really close to graduat

Stasi

I wouldn't do anything that would delay your graduation, in my opinion. Like PP posters have said, could you maybe approach your boss and talk to him about some of the concerns you are having? Maybe it'll clear up some of the issues that you are having

kross605

I started a new job right after I came back from maternity leave and it really took a lot of effort to get the position down and I probably asked a lot of stupid questions early on. I didnt have the added stress of school like you do either, but I was

kross605

also, i love your siggy photo. definitely an e-trade baby in the making!

*sparky*

Just read your follow-up.  I was hoping you only had a few months left of this but it doesn't look like that is the case.  I agree that delaying graduation is not ideal, especially if you are hoping to land a better job once you get through s

Eastie156

Stasi:

I wouldn't do anything that would delay your graduation, in my opinion. Like PP posters have said, could you maybe appr

Eastie156

kross605:

also, i love your siggy photo. definitely an e-trade baby in the making!

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