Do you have an alternate schedule?

BlairWaldorf · January 2010

Do you have a "mommy schedule" at work?

I'm still working 8am to 5pm. With an hour long commute each way. It's honestly murder - I feel like I work from 6:50am (when we leave the house) to 6pm (when we get home).

Did you drop a work day? Working from home some days? Fix it to arrive late or leave early? Or are you still doing the "standard" work schedule?

Meg41208 · January 2010

I only work 4 days a week (32 hours). I really love this schedule. I took a 20% pay cut, and even though I don't do 20% less work, I feel like the extra time home is worth it.

OliveBerry · January 2010

I work four 10 hour days every week and have Friday's off. I also telecommute full time, but I did that before baby.

So far so good. I've only been on the 4 X 10 for a week.

OliveBerry · January 2010

I should add, by the nature of my job, I will still have to login after bedtime and on Friday's sometimes when busy, but they are aware of my new schedule restrictions.

Pesky · January 2010

I flex it and fortunately have the freedom to do so now my boss knows he can rely on me. I can come in late or leave early as my needs dictate. Trust me, the work gets done -- by working through lunch, working after the kids go to bed or on rare occasion, a little on the weekend. And I do work more from home if the kids are sick or DH is OOT because my schedule gets truncated anyway (I also work from home when the snow hits because I don't feel like sitting in my car for an hour or so for a 15 minute commute). It's nice right now and it's this flexibility that is the only thing keeping me here right now. Well, and the job market sucks. That too.

Teresa · January 2010

My schedule didn't change after I came back from maternity leave (outside of adding in pumping breaks). I still work 8-4pm 5 days a week. I do work one day from home, but was allowed that before. The kids still go to daycare. But, without this day at home, I believe I would be swimming in household chores the rest of the week. I use my normal commute time (this is the only day DH takes the kids to dc) to catch up on laundry/dishes/etc and am ready to work by 8am. It's a lifesaver.

Although I would like to have more of a part time schedule, I know I wouldn't be allowed the flexibility I now have (which sounds odd) at my job. So I stick with it.

vagirl06 · January 2010

I do nine hour days with every other Friday off. It's great!

vagirl06 · January 2010

I also work from 7 to 4:30. This allows DH to drop DD off at daycare while I'm on my way to work and I pick her up, since he doesn't get home until around 6pm.

t.bird · January 2010

i switched my schedule to the following:

Mon- Thurs: 7-4

Fri: 8-5

on Mon & Tues my husband drives alex to my mothers which has me leaving the house @ 6:15am & getting to work by 6:40am

on Wed & Thurs i drive alex to my mother's which has me leaving the house @ 5:30am & getting to work by 6:40am

on Fri i drive alex to my mother in laws which has me leaving the house @ 6:30am & getting to work by 7:30am

i pick alex up everyday which has me getting home between 5:30-6pm.

working 7-4 really helps- i can actually get home at a reasonable time! i can also work from home if i want (but i never do because i hate it)- but it's nice to know i can if it snows or something.

shouldbworkin · January 2010

I started WAH 1x a week (Fridays b/c it's slower in the office) when my 1st was a couple months old. The commute (it was 40 mins on a good day then) was killing me and by Friday I was wiped. I still WAH on Fridays now (#1 is 4.5) and it still helps me stay sane even though my commute is shorter now. My schedule in the office fluctuates too. Some days I'm in early, other days I leave later. I just get my 8'ish hours in and get my work done and don't worry about what anyone thinks.

Feb3 · January 2010

About 30% of the time I'm in the studio and have no control over my schedule. Typically those days are 9-7, but it could be more. However the rest of the time is flex time. So it's either complete flexibility or none at all depending on the day.

The first year after I had DD I did all my flex time from home, so that was nice. But I've since gone back to working in the office.

haleymay18 · January 2010

vagirl06:
I do nine hour days with every other Friday off. It's great!

I do this, too! I am actually kind of p*ssed that this wasn't an original idea I came up with. I totally thought I invented the 9 day pay period

BriAndSean · January 2010

Yep, I struggled with the standard 8-5 and tried several different options after I returned to work. I ended up landing on 6:30-3:30 and it has worked out really well for us. Even though DH and I can't carpool anymore, it means less time for Kaylin at daycare and a less hectic evening for all of us.

Mini_Mariah · January 2010

I work from home full time. Before I got pregnant, I went into the office every day. Then my company was bought by another company, and my job changed - most of the people I work with now are out of state, so I don't need to go into the office. I went in a few days a week for most of my pregnancy. While I was on maternity leave my boss called and asked if I wanted to work from home full time. The rest of my department also chose to work from home. It has been nice to work from home - I get to sleep in more, and my only commute is driving three blocks to and from daycare. In the summer I'll walk but it's too cold now.

jenn_darrin1515 · January 2010

I just verbally accepted a 30 hour a week position which will have me working M-T-W 8-4:30, TH 8-2, with fridays off. I am so excited! Been working 8-430 M-F and cutting down my hours is going to be oh so good...

nicolebuchalla · January 2010

Well, my schedule is as follows:

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: 8-4:30

Wednesday & Friday: 8-6

Really the only difference is prepregnancy I was working 8-6 every day.

rpm2009 · January 2010

Same schedule as before DS was born. My boss / job expect me to be generally available all the time though if something comes up. I have been thinking about some type of alternate schedule since coming back to work -- unfortunately my office doesn't seem to be very open to it. It is a daily struggle.

katesmom73 · January 2010

With my daughter, I continued to work the standard work day - I also had an hour long commute one way. I worked for a family owned company in a job I hated and they were less then flexible. My boss actually talked to me about coming in 15 minutes later than usual in the morning (I was salaried) even though I stayed 15 minutes later in the evening. I was there for a year when I got a new job that was only a 20 minute commute from home. That was wonderful but also short-lived (a year).

I've been at my current company for over 3 years and just started working from home so that I can pick up my dd from Kindergarten and drop her at daycare. I didn't go looking for this as an option, it just happened upon me based on some organizational changes at work and a very understanding and flexible boss.

MrsT1209 · January 2010

I work 9-4:30 Mon-Fri. If I need to work from home, I can easily work from home without a problem.

BlairWaldorf · January 2010

::sigh::

for serious, sometimes I feel like I am one of the few that doesn't have an alternate schedule. so frustrating.

sunrae719 · January 2010

I came back at 20 hours for a few weeks (which I loved, RIP 20 hour work weeks). Then 30 for a while, now 36. 4 full days in the office, half a day from home on Friday (in theory).

I come in at 7:30, leave at 4. If I don't get out until 4:30, I majorly screw myself over traffic-wise.

I do get to WFH and try to do it around nap times, but when I'm working I'd actually rather just by in the office. I do wish I had a shorter commute, it's usually around 45+ minutes home.

sunrae719 · January 2010

BlairWaldorf:
::sigh::
for serious, sometimes I feel like I am one of the few that doesn't have an alternate schedule. so frustrating.

Could you make a case for it?

jlw2505 · January 2010

I work from home 2x a week and I love it. The girls are in school full time. I typically work from home every Tuesday and Friday but have flexiblity and can switch that up or work more days from home if needed (like this week when I have a repair coming out on Thursday). I love it and my boss is totally cool and unerstands that I have little kids and I get my work done. I do work the same hours that I always have though.

notmommyoftheyear · January 2010

I wish. For reasons that would bore you, this is an extremely busy time. I work as much now as I did before Chessa was born. The difference is instead of staying late to catch up, I log in from home after she goes to bed. Sucks. I always thought multi-tasking was one of my strengths but I never wanted to be the mom that checks emails on the blackberry while feeding her baby.

smilelari · January 2010

I'm going to work a lot earlier and leaving at the same time to make time for pumping. Other than that it's the same old same old

magdusia · January 2010

BlairWaldorf:
Do you have a "mommy schedule" at work?
I'm still working 8am to 5pm. With an hour long commute each way. It's honestly murder - I feel like I work from 6:50am (when we leave the house) to 6pm (when we get home).

Did you drop a work day? Working from home some days? Fix it to arrive late or leave early? Or are you still doing the "standard" work schedule?

you're on here too!? i'm going back to work soon and been lurking on this board.

i'm also going to be out of the house 11 hours and it SUCKS! i wish i could drop a day or work only 7 hours instead of 11 (this includes 1 hour each way commute)

my work wont let me alter my schedule at all

but secretly i'm actually excited to go back, i just wish it wasnt so many hours

did you already go back? how was the first day?

wheelenl · January 2010

I work three days, 25 hours. As long as I'm there most of the "normal" day I can work whenever I want as far as stop and start. I started this job PT but honestly I don't know how you would take a job and drop time. With first LO I just quit; it was too stressful and the media I dealt with would not put up with me not being available 24/7 like I was before. They offered me flex or PT but it just didn't make sense.

I usually work 9-4:30 and go to the gym at 4:30. My only real constraint is that childcare is open from 8-6. I actually want to add a fourth day back into my schedule (it's a second child thing--honestly I'm not a baby person and working is SO much easier).

Two weeks to go until I can go back!

ENev · January 2010

I wanted to go to four-day weeks, but we can't afford the 20% pay cut.

I now work 8-4:30 instead of the 8:30-5 that my coworkers work. That extra half hour is nice, and I like getting in early in the morning since I'm up anyway!

I also am able to work from home Friday afternoons - I get Henry on my lunch hour so we're home by 1:00 ... between his afternoon nap and time I put in outside of regular work hours, I'm able to get those four hours of work in somewhere. (Actually haven't done this yet since I've had the past two Fridays off - but it's the plan anyway!)

I feel like moms should get to have flexible schedules as long as the work gets done!! Is there any way you can rearrange your hours? The hour-long commute really sucks, I don't envy you there. My half hour commute, plus pick-up/drop-off at daycare which adds time, is annoying enough!!

Though I know you've mentioned that H sleeps through the night ... my man has yet to do that, and the past three nights, he's gotten up TWICE ... so I'm exhausted!! (totally off the subject - but I DO envy you there!!)

KandM05 · January 2010

yes. but only for a little while. I'm working 32 hours right now. Eventually i will need to go back to 40 hours, but i'm *hoping* to do 4 10 hour days, but i havent asked yet

Mjmksb04 · January 2010

Nope. I work M-F 8-4:30, just like everyone else.

weelass24 · January 2010

BlairWaldorf:

::sigh::

for serious, sometimes I feel like I am one of the few that doesn't have an alternate schedule. so frustrating.

Sweets, I don't and it sucks. I get up with the wee man by 6:15am at the latest, out of the house before 8 to drop him off at daycare. I work 9-6 and get home around 7 every night. It's tough. I'm lucky that D can pick him up in the evenings.

My only alternative would be to work 8-7 or 9-8 four days a week. I don't know if I could deal with that.

DiaMT · January 2010

I do. I now work 3 1/2 days in the office and 1 1/2 days at home. I'm fortunate enough to live close to work and have a flexible schedule so when LO gets sick I can take a day off and make it up over the weekend or work in the evenings or early mornings. My job is driven by quarterly deadlines so as long as the work gets done it doesn't really matter what time of the day I work or what days of the week I work.

worleygirl · January 2010

My hours are usually about 730-415. I can change it up if I want but my husband's job isn't as flexible and I like to carpool with him. Sometimes we work longer days on M/T to leave early on Friday. I have a 45 min commute inc. daycare dropoff.

Mel&Jason · January 2010

ahh me too! It is so frustrating. I get so envious of some of the schedules and flexibility I see on this board. I hope to one day have a job like many I hear of on here.

gypsywitch · January 2010

I'm in the air force...there is no such thing as "mommy schedules"..there are only air force scheduls and you are expected to meet the needs of the military above all and find alternate arrangements for your children if need be. Usually its not any different from a civilian lifestlye...DH works 6:45-2:45pm give or take 30mins...I work 7:30am-4:30pm...DH usually has to work one weekend every 2-3months. I'll be moving to a more hectic and unpredictable duty section just before the baby is born..and I have no idea what my hours will be like there. When I worked in that section 3 years ago as a newbie I worked 12+ hours sometimes and strange hours( 10am-6pm.or 3am-11am)...but I will be returning with tons more rank and being in charge of this setion so I'm thinking I'll make my own steady hours, at least thats how it used to be. During exercises ( where the base pretends we're at war for a few days..it sucks.) we end up working 12 hour shifts, but they turn more into 14+hour shifts and the kids have to be picked up by friends and be cared for until we get off; sometimes we work opposite shifts during these things and I don't see my kids for a few days if I'm on nights...BUT in the end we're jsut a regular family who has to adjust to crazy hours sometimes. But, we like our lifestyle.

The_Jen626 · January 2010

I work M-Th and I love it. Technically I work 8-5, but my boss doesn't care and lets me make my own hours. So I can come in late, take a long lunch, leave early, as long as my work is done. DH does daycare dropoff in the morning, and I do pickup at night, it has worked well for us.

Having Fridays off is wonderful. Also I still get full benefits, perks, etc, just with a 32 hour week.

BlairWaldorf · January 2010

sunrae719:
BlairWaldorf:
::sigh::
for serious, sometimes I feel like I am one of the few that doesn't have an alternate schedule. so frustrating.

Could you make a case for it?

already tried & denied twice.

BlairWaldorf · January 2010

magdusia:
BlairWaldorf:
Do you have a "mommy schedule" at work?
I'm still working 8am to 5pm. With an hour long commute each way. It's honestly murder - I feel like I work from 6:50am (when we leave the house) to 6pm (when we get home).

Did you drop a work day? Working from home some days? Fix it to arrive late or leave early? Or are you still doing the "standard" work schedule?
you're on here too!? i'm going back to work soon and been lurking on this board.
i'm also going to be out of the house 11 hours and it SUCKS! i wish i could drop a day or work only 7 hours instead of 11 (this includes 1 hour each way commute)
my work wont let me alter my schedule at all
but secretly i'm actually excited to go back, i just wish it wasnt so many hours
did you already go back? how was the first day?

woooot!! I'm so glad you're on here, too!

My work won't let me alter it, either. I've tried. They just won't budge.

I went back last Monday (the 11th). It wasn't TOO bad. & honestly, it's not that bad. I like being back, but squeezing it all into the day is totally starting to wear on me.

You??

sherthebear · January 2010

I work M-TH, 9-4:30pm. I get every Friday off until DD is 1 year old. We have a very generous maternity leave here and in CA we have CA paid family leave, which is what is allowing me to get a day off every week. I decided to use it one day a week instead of using it in one 6 week chunk so that I could transition and manage things better.

excitedforlittleone · January 2010

I'm a nurse who works nights so my schedule is crazy and all over the place. One week I only work 24 hours and the next week 60. For now it's the only option but I'm on the waiting list for days. Luckily I have an awesome sitter who accomodates my schedule.

It took a while to get used to but we are getting there.

erbear · January 2010

Well, I'm a teach so my hours are pretty set

However, I have been leaving earlier this year (4:30 as oppsed to 5-5:30), but I think that's more a function of it being my 10th year and not needing so much work time.

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