If you work P/T

crystalite2004 · June 2013

Currently, I work 3-5 hours bookkeeping from home as a contractor every week. I would also like to work part time in the evenings/night few times a week, but I'm having a hard time thinking of what I could do. DH travels occasionally for a few days to weeks at a time. Sometimes he knows the trips will be around a particular date, but a lot of times it's a couple days notice.

If you work part time, does your DH travel? How do you work that out with your work schedule and childcare?

kcisthebombdotcom · June 2013

I waitress evenings on fri/sun from 6-11pm. Dh is home from work by the time I go in.

I'm thinking retail or restaurants are going to be your best bets given what you provided. Those are the kinds of industries where you can easily switch shifts or find someone to cover should your dh get little notice he has to travel. They're used to college kids and their schedules so they're usually accommodating if you don't have a ton of availability. I know lots of people don't want to work in that kind of industry and if that's he case for you I'd try to find a local babysitter that could cover childcare should your dh have to travel.

cheffymama · June 2013

I work at a laundromat. I've worked there on and off for 2 years and have a great relationship with the owners. They are wonderful about working with my limited availability.

I agree with pp though that something retail would probably be a good fit. I know a lot of places in my area have employees that only work weekends or another limited schedule.

kmc217 · June 2013

I'm sure this isn't much help... I'm a nurse and negotiated my hours down from full time after having my kids. I work 3 8-hour days and my kids go to presschool/daycare. I could work weekends and/or nights when DH is home but it is not worth the quality of life changes to us.

I think for lack of options related to past careers, waitressing and/or customer service/retail jobs are probably your best bets for shift type work. If your DH travels or his job isn't flexible it sounds like you might need a babysitter or daycare for part of it though.

MrsBalletStar05 · June 2013

I teach dance in the evenings. DH is in the military. He was gone for a week just a couple weeks ago. I arrange for sitters either through friends or on sittercity.com. When he was deployed last year I had a regular sitter that I actually found through craigslist. For the most part, DH watches the kiddos - but yeah, there are times I have to find sitters for when he is out of town.

If I did not teach dance in the evenings, I would totally be a waitress. Its easy to give good service and the tips are nice (I waitressed in high school).

crystalite2004 · June 2013

Thank you all! I haven't waited tables since I was in high school and even then it was only for one year. Is that still relevant experience? I guess that was about 14 years ago. And now I feel really old...

soexcited317 · June 2013

I recently started working part time and we use a part time daycare. So far the day care has been working really well. They go one full day a week. I also work two nights and we have family that can watch them. It was hard at first, but now that we are in a routine, everyone is adjusting. Good luck!

&orchid& · June 2013

I bartend/waitress at a local bar. Perfect as I get to work as little as I want. I just pick up a shift when they need to fill the schedule for vacations or busy nights etc.

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