https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:47:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445686 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:37:54 +0000 avivoca 1445686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the day and the season in life (pregnancy vs. new parent). During my pregnancy, I was having to handle the strain of a fetus with markers for Downs and GD solo while my husband traveled, which caused several mistakes (I edit things, so misspelled words in publications). Now as a new mom returning to work, I'm less willing to work extra hours other than what's required at events, but I feel like I have more of my mind available and am more focused at work, so the volume of errors is way down. Naturally, all that flies out the window if I haven't slept well for a few nights in a row, but I am working much harder now to try not to let that happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445652 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:30:48 +0000 Cherrybee 1445652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Strangely, I think Im better at my job now - Im much more interested in work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445648 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:29:56 +0000 doodlepoodle 1445648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm here for a paycheck. I used to have a huge priority on my work but I've shifted my priorities. I do well enough that I'm not at risk to get canned or anything crazy like that but I don't care as much and don't have as much attention to detail, my memory is very foggy!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445635 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:26:25 +0000 mrsjyw 1445635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: same. I'm still outputting the same product/quality. And still producing the most on my team. </p> <p>I just don't care as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445630 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:25:39 +0000 littlek 1445630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dagny: I don't think my work quality is lower, i just don't "care" as much. That sounds bad, but before I would kill myself being the most chargeable worker, but now, I'm happy doing a good job and not trying to be top of my class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445599 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:17:07 +0000 pui 1445599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think just being pregnant has already made me less good at my job. I just don't have the motivation I did before, especially since I will be a SAHM when LO is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1445587 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:15:01 +0000 irene 1445587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Parenting has killed mine too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439694 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:09:21 +0000 looch 1439694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a specialized skill and I will admit, there are things I have forgotten over the years, but it's all come back to me when I needed it. People have remarked to me it is like I have never left (I took a total of 4 years away from this role, 2 abroad, 2 not working). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439508 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:47:49 +0000 CottonCandy 1439508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm a better worker. Honestly, returning to work after maternity leave saved me. I nearly lost my mind at home and of course my ppd didn't help. But when I returned to work, in a weird way, I appreciated my job more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439487 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:35:00 +0000 Freckles 1439487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, i totally get what you mean about sometimes not feeling like you have the brain capacity to do the job. I'm still good at my job, but i have some major fail moments due to mommy brain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439448 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:14:03 +0000 NurseMommy 1439448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm nervous about going back to work in May because I fear I may need nursing school all over again! When I was pregnant, it was hard to focus a lot of the time. Now, after being off for a year, I'm scared I won't even know what to do anymore!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439422 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:02:27 +0000 Glitter 1439422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: same here. And LO isn't even born yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439414 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:58:26 +0000 yellowbird 1439414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it makes me better at my job. I work with kids and have to talk with their parents all day. It definitely gave me a new perspective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1439378 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:49:16 +0000 JennyD 1439378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm more efficient than before, for sure, but now I have to leave at a certain time for daycare pickup, and the on call part of my job is more difficult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438550 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:46:23 +0000 mrbee 1438550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Without a doubt! Parenting has killed my career. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438539 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:45:11 +0000 MsMamaBear 1438539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm better. I am more patient with the kids and expect more independence from them. I also seem to relate to parents more because I think of talking to myself when I have to deliver news. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438526 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:42:23 +0000 yoursilverlining 1438526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: ditto. I used to work late all the time just because. Now I put in my hours and then I'm out of there. I think I'm the same worker as before, other than time devoted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438503 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:38:29 +0000 septca 1438503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am more motivated and more ambitious, but I am also less willing to deal with BS. I come, I do my job, and I want to get home. I don't have time for drama or mismanagement. I work in an office of all women right now and the drama is off the charts. I am also having a hard time because I want to change jobs, but it is *very* difficult to find a job in my field that can match my salary and that I could still work 40 hours/week. I am NOT willing to work more, but I wasn't before I had a baby either. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438416 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:25:47 +0000 babypugs 1438416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm more focused and motivated, because I want to set a good example for LO someday! Practically, though, I know I make more mistakes when I'm exhausted from staying up all night. Hopefully it balances out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438323 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:55:47 +0000 pinkb 1438323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadly yes, I can't remember anything and I have a hard time focusing 100%. I am not sure why I can't focus like I use to, LO isn't on my mind all the time but something up there got messed up and hasn't gotten better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438321 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:54:59 +0000 BananaPancakes 1438321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know I'm way worse at my job. I was never great at it to begin with, and now I take my kid to work with me, so there's lots if days we just play with playdoh and draw instead of me working. Whatever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438317 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:52:58 +0000 skibobrown 1438317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and no. I'm much more efficient with the time that I have, but I have much less time to devote to work. (My job is more than 40 hours per week, and it could be a lot more than 40 hours if I could find the time. These days my time with DD comes first.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438314 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:51:43 +0000 lilteacherbee 1438314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @katsupgirl:, I have different priorities. I don't want to be at school later than I have to be because I want to get home to my LO.</p> <p>But I think motherhood has made me a better teacher in some aspects. It's easy to forget that my 4-5 year old students are still so young. Since having LO, I really think about the fact that those kids are someone's "baby." It changes the way I interact with their parents, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438290 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:42:41 +0000 HabesBabe 1438290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm worse... I have no motivation to excel anymore. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438256 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:33:16 +0000 katsupgirl 1438256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I'm worse necessarily. I think my priorities have shifted. My job also doesn't inspire or motivate me at the moment. </p> <p>I'm less about staying late and all about getting home to baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-motherhood-has-made-you-worse-at-your-job#post-1438241 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:28:22 +0000 Dagny 1438241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a much worse worker now that I am a mother! It makes me so bummed out. I honestly feel way less intelligent. My job deals with a LOT of detail and I just don't have the brain space. I also feel even worse because my boss (who is an AMAZING boss) has a 1.5 year old and never misses a beat. </p>