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ByeByeSpottsByeByeSpotts member
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As I posted a while back, my company shut down and I am in the midst of a job hunt and a FTM.

I am anticipating two offers this week. One is an event planning role the other is an Executive Assistant role. 

The event planning role makes the most sense for me professionally but will be challenging with the schedule (nights & weekends). 

The Executive Assistant role is something I had been trying to get myself out of for a long time, and finally did with my last role I took on. However, this company would give me great pay, benefits, a fun company culture and a good work/life balance. More like a 9-5. But in terms of the work, I know I won't be challenged in the role and most likely bored. 

My heart tells me to go towards the Executive Assistant role as it makes the most sense with the baby coming, but I'm just not sure. If I wasn't pregnant, I would take on the event role.

Any words of wisdom or advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks ladies.
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  • nlwz123nlwz123 member
    I'm sorry, this is a tough spot to be in.  My rational side automatically would say I'd go for the job that would offer good pay, benefits and work/life balance.  Hopefully down the line you can advance professionally into something you'd prefer to be doing, but with a new baby on the way I'd be leery of the difficult schedule.




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  • CaraBoonieCaraBoonie member
    As a supremely rational person, I want to tell you to take the position that has better hours and benefits...but that said, I've done that in my life before and was MISERABLE being that bored in a job, and after a few years it led to me having to take the time off work to go back to school for a couple years to change careers completely. Sometimes you have to think about your emotional health too. Why are nights and weekends bad for a baby? You may not see much of your husband (assuming you have one who is on a normal work schedule, sorry if that assumption is wrong) but then he (or a family member or whoever your extra help is who has normal working hours) will be free to watch baby while you work during non-normal working hours, it may even work out better in terms of ease of childcare! 

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  • Monilee1017Monilee1017 member
    Do what you want and think is best for your family. I have a degree is hospitality and service management and have to say it was hard working crazy hours with my baby. After my second it was too much and DH and I decided to have me stay home. If it were me and I believed the executive assistant job would be fun and better on my home life I would pick that. But that's me, you need to do what is best for you and your family. Good luck!
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  • UptownPearlUptownPearl member
    I've always said having a job you enjoy is more important than any other aspect (other than the ability to pay all your bills of course), but you may feel that that isn't what's best for your family. If I were you I would pick the fun job, but I completely understand why you would choose the other one if you do.
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  • blue**eyesblue**eyes member
    What does your spouse/partner think of the options? Is he/she willing to accommodate the evenings/weekends schedule? If so, I'd say go for it!
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  • claireloSCclaireloSC member
    I recently had to make a similar choice. I ended up choosing the harder, more fufilling job rather than the dead-end job I had, and I have NO regrets. It's seriously awesome and I'm so much happier in general. My life is much better with me being happier and I'm enjoying the pregnancy so much more. You'll make it work, I vote for the better job!
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  • apinkpelicanapinkpelican member
    As an event planner I know that working non traditional hours is very tough, however as PP said perhaps it means less hours at daycare for LO if your SO can watch him/her while you work. Is it more hours overall (I used to work 60 hours/wk) or just non traditional? Would you at least have Sunday's off during a typical week? Can you negociate somewhat regular hours even if they are non-traditional(12-8 Tues-Sat)? Will the event planning job also have benefits? If not can you arrange them through SO?
    If you take the event planning job and put a couple of years in is there room for advancement in the company for a 9-5 that is still related to events?
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  • KareninKarenin member

    Tough spot top be in but congrats that you'll be getting two offers!

    For me, the decision maker would be how the event planning job would affect childcare and time with DH and baby. Can DH be solely responsible for drop offs and pickups if you're working? My DH has demanding hours so we needed to know I was going to be available to get home to our nanny every evening. As I mention my nanny, I would say a nanny might be a helpful child care option if you have strange hours, as it's more flexible than a day care. (Google nanny shares if you want to use a nanny but save money- that's what we did and I've loved it).

    I'm a lawyer and in my field the issue of career fulfillment and work/life balance is a constant topic of conversation, so I think you need to weigh your priorities for yourself. If you don't take the event job will you get another chance in that field? If you take the exec asst job will you love the stability during a major life change or will you hate your work and resent the situation?

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