Like everyone else I'm battling with deciding on the appropriate work / home balance and childcare as I face going back to work in a month. My employer is a large multinational and has been fairly helpful in offering some flexible hours so that I can start earlier and finish earlier.
My commute is an hour and my husband and I have worked out a solution so that our DD is in nursery from 9-5 rather than 8-6, which we are pleased about but aware is still a long day for her.
However, my employer is insistent that I spend a day working until 6 for international meetings. I know this is part of the job and I don't mean to be cross, I'm just so frustrated that this would mean I'm not back until 7pm on this day which is bedtime. This is especially frustrating when I'm still feeding and didn't want to have to go back to expressing - bedtime milk from me was something I was hoping would fit into the work life balance. Yes, bedtime could be a bit later I guess, but I never really contemplated the hard hard choices we had to make until something didn't fit into my masterplan! To only see her for less than 30 minutes this day breaks my heart. I know others have to sacrifice more.
I'm not really asking for any advice I just came looking for a bit of solidarity in the frustrating juggle that is now life :(
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Frustrated about late finishes at work and 1 year old
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happyfrogger · 08/02/2013 09:33
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