https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:42:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124507 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:40:07 +0000 MrsKoala 2124507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great! I love my job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124506 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:39:11 +0000 miramira 2124506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A three-hour commute sounds very taxing!</p> <p>I love my job and will be going back part-time in September or October, when my maternity leave ends. We'll also be moving further away (so the grandparents can watch LO), so instead of a 20-25 minute commute by bus, I'll have a 40 minute commute by train plus a 10 minute walk. Hopefully we'll find a house near the train station to cut down on commuting time as well... </p> <p>I'm nervous about going back and leaving LO but I work with some seasoned parents, as well as another new mum, so I'll have good support there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124428 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:22:07 +0000 FaithFertility 2124428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a teacher and my leave with DD had me going back to work 8weeks before summer break so we decided I would leave for the school year so I SAH now until next school year........... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124420 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:18:29 +0000 nana87 2124420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a grad student but consider it "work" since I'm out of the taking classes stage-- I work as a TA for an undergrad class and work on my dissertation. I love it, but I'm doing it part time right now (lo is only in daycare 3 part-days per week) and I find that really hard. I feel like I don't have enough time to get my work done (some weeks it's all I can do to deal with my students and I have no time for my dissertation)but at the same time I don't want lo away from me any more than she is, our time is so precious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124409 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:12:25 +0000 LAZB 2124409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on maternity leave, and super sad about going back to work in five weeks. I love my job, but I just don't feel ready yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124408 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:12:12 +0000 Mae 2124408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Torn. I lost job a few days before I had LO and then was too overwhelmed with motherhood/it wasn't really a priority to look for a job for a long time. I just started seriously looking a few months ago... so I am a SAHM but really I'm just unemployed lol. </p> <p>On one hand I am incredibly grateful that I've gotten to spend the last 10 months home with my daughter. On the other hand it is sort of stressful to not know when/how I"ll be going back to work. And to know that when I do go back to work, it may be very quickly. I think on the balance I'm grateful that I'm currently at home with my daughter, but it sort of sucks to live in limbo. I just wish I knew WHEN I'd get a job-- whenever that is-- so that I could stop worrying about it. Also, interviewing is exhausting. And turning down job offers (even when you know they aren't right for you) is hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124375 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:51:18 +0000 jhd 2124375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I SAH and teach a couple classes online. It's perfect for me and for our family at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124369 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:46:49 +0000 TheReelDeal 2124369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I WOH and love it. What I didn't expect and don't love is my commute. It's an hour and 15 minutes each way (66 miles a day). It's really eating into my time with LO and husband at night. I'm trying to find a new job closer to home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124334 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:29:10 +0000 travelgirl1 2124334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I SAH but feel like my brain would benefit from going back to work now. I'll likely look for either part time or freelance work once #2 is coming up to a year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124270 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:45:06 +0000 youboots 2124270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now I'm on maternity leave with my 3 1/2 week old. I start working PT at the end of May. I'm self employed. I'll be working about 10-15 hours a week. I'm happy with it, this was our plan from the beginning, I left my full time corporate career almost 3 years ago to focus on my photography and support M until we decided to start a family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently/page/2#post-2124246 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:34:31 +0000 namaste 2124246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love WAH! I can work when I feel like it, pick what I work on, and go to fun networking events. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2124217 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:16:21 +0000 catlady 2124217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my job and my commute. When DH and I were looking for a house, we first looked out in the suburbs but decided to sacrifice space for commute and I'm so glad we did it. I have about a 30 min walking commute, which includes dropping off LO at daycare on the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2124191 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:53:46 +0000 MediaNaranja 2124191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work full time with a 2nd easy weekend job to help pay bills. I generally like my job, but feel that I am underpaid for my skill set. But I am SO SO grateful to have it because I spent more than a year unemployed and looking for work. I am always looking for ways to develop skills--taking some online courses for new certifications and volunteering with different organizations. Trying to do that all now before we have kiddos because I know I won't have time then!</p> <p>I LOVE my commute--if I drove it would be 15 minutes. But since my employer pays for public transit I take the train which is more like ~45 minutes. I get a lot of good reading time in, and it's generally a good way to get ready/decompress from my days. We're in the beginning stages of house hunting right now, and I refuse to look anywhere that's more than 15 minutes from public transit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2124160 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:43:39 +0000 Finfan 2124160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love being a full-time WOHM. I wouldn't last 2 weeks as a SAHM, even though many of my friends and family are great SAHMs. My job is pretty great for working parents, and my boss too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123883 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:38:51 +0000 autumnlove 2123883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love working FT and I got a new title recently. I'll miss work when I'm on maternity leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123877 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:36:23 +0000 SweetiePie 2123877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel torn. I had to quit my job since I didn't have paid mat leave and I wanted to take more than 3 months. But now I wish I had kept it and gone back after 3 months even though it was unpaid. I was undoubtedly ready for work again at 3 months.<br /> But now that my son is 6 months and fun to be with, and summer is just around the corner, it's hard to get motivated, even though I ultimately want to be working. I've given myself a deadline of LO's first birthday. It'll be September so summer will be over and I think 1 year will have given me plenty of time to be with him, but it's not too long to be out of the game for work. I can easily explain it on interviews and it won't seem unreasonable. I also work in the realm of technology so I feel like taking off too much time could set me back too far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123876 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:34:52 +0000 mamabolt 2123876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it. I changed jobs a year and a half ago trading 2 hours in the car to a 7 mile commute. I also have a huge amount of flexibility to WFH a day or two a week and a gym and free lunch in the office. I hope to drop to 30 hrs a week once we have kids in school FT and I think that will be very feasible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123871 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:25:06 +0000 YouGotMe 2123871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been on mat. leave since December and I am ready to go back to work. I can stay off until December but am not sure if I will. </p> <p>I love being home with A but very much miss my job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123838 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:05:04 +0000 Dandelion 2123838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking for a job. I'm tired of being a SAHM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123833 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:01:19 +0000 avivoca 2123833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I enjoy being a WOHM for the most part. I do wish I could SAH or work PT, but in order for that to happen, a lot of things would have to change. I'm currently searching for another job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123823 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:47:53 +0000 JessKas 2123823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't work but I am a full time student and am<br /> In class twice a week. I look forward to being done with school and getting a job. Ideally I would work 20-30 hours a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123806 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:41:06 +0000 CakeLady 2123806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started a new job and so far I really like the team and the work. The commute is a little worse than my old job and the hours are a little more irregular, so I am sad about missing out on some time with LO but all in all I think it was a good decision, especially since the pay is better which helps me worry a little less about money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123800 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:35:46 +0000 illumina 2123800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I SAH and it's for the most part, great :) I cannot imagine being back at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123786 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:28:52 +0000 lovehoneybee 2123786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish my commute was shorter, and I wish my salary was higher, but I love being a WOHM. I enjoy my job and I'm close friends with several of my coworkers out of work, so I usually have fun at work. Evenings can be tough because I do them alone most nights after a full day of work, but I still think I'm a better, more patient and present mom to Evan than I was when I was a SAHM. And much happier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123780 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:25:59 +0000 petunia354 2123780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love being a WOHM! My schedule is pretty flipping fantastic too, I work 8-3 which allows me lots of time to take DS to the park, library, etc and to be able to cook meals and tidy the house without leaving it all for the weekend. With my DH working 60+ hr weeks and going to school at night it's a lifesaver to have the schedule that I have. I feel incredibly lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123733 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:21:15 +0000 looch 2123733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my job, we had a meeting yesterday and I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. My coworkers are seriously great.</p> <p>Right now, my job checks off all the boxes so I keep at it: good salary, good coworkers, good job function. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123676 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:47:12 +0000 Rocker2014 2123676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WOHM and very happy. I started a new job after my 3 month maternity leave. I was really nervous about the transition, but I'm now almost 3 mos in and very happy to have made the change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123667 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:18:15 +0000 Cherrybee 2123667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like my full time WOH job. Its really demanding and often stressful but I like the challenge. But, like you, my commute is slowing killing me. My office is 25 miles away on a,very busy, frequently stand-still stretch of motorway. Before I can even start my commute, though, I have to drive across the city to drop LO at my inlaws'. That adds 40 mins to my journey every day. It frequently takes me 2 hrs in the morning and 1.5 hrs on the way home. Add to that the fact that there are roadworks on every corner right now and my usual motorway slip road is closed for the next YEAR - agh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123643 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:20:40 +0000 sunny 2123643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I WOHM full time and have a pretty demanding schedule some weeks/months. I would love to have the option to work 3 days a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-your-work-status-currently#post-2123622 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:22:52 +0000 AprilFool 2123622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a SAH and I think it's time to get back to work so I am in the process of starting my own business but it's slow going. </p> <p>I couldn't handle 3 hours of travel and I would move! </p>