Can all of the SAHM haters post where you work?

[Anonymous]

I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Sure, if you post where you live. I don't want to waste my life living in your neighborhood. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

Confused by this thread. If you are applying for employment doesn't that make you a WOHM or WAHM? So why do you care if a random employee at a business doesn't like SAHMs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

Confused by this thread. If you are applying for employment doesn't that make you a WOHM or WAHM? So why do you care if a random employee at a business doesn't like SAHMs?

i read that as a SAHM looking to go back to work...probably s/o from the "old SAHMs" thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

Confused by this thread. If you are applying for employment doesn't that make you a WOHM or WAHM? So why do you care if a random employee at a business doesn't like SAHMs?

i read that as a SAHM looking to go back to work...probably s/o from the "old SAHMs" thread.

Oh, okay. Well I guess the good news is that the OP has enough job options that she can rule out potential employers based on DCUM posters she doesn't like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

Nope. Are you planning to stop being a SAHM?

[Anonymous]

Obnoxious post. I understand your frustration, OP, but this is not the way to get back at those awful posters who say they'd never hire a SAHM. I'm a SAHM looking to go back to work soon, and believe me, I know the frustration this endeavor involves. The outright hostility and resentment from WOHMs who have never stayed at home is unbelievable. Once you become a supplicant, they unleash their pent-up frustration and wrath on you, so I understand why you posted this way.

But let it go, OP. There are lots of great WOHMs who would be glad to employ you if they had the funds or the jobs. It's the vocal ones who are annoying, but so are lots of people, so just ignore them.

[Anonymous]

Apply for jobs that have men interviewing and men as bosses. They are far less bitchy and catty.

[Anonymous]

I have no issue with SAHMs.

I do have issue with crazy SAHMs that post random thoughts on the Interwebz and are super angery about where they are in life.

[Anonymous]

OP, this makes you sound petty, ill-informed, entitled, and snooty, which are many of the characteristics that people associate with SAHM's they don't wish to hire. You're just perpetuating a stereotype.

Here's the bottom line. As a hiring manager, I want to hire someone who's prioritized work. In the same way that someone who traveled the world for a few years might need to explain themselves more than someone who'd worked consistently, so might a SAHM. In the case of an ill child, taking care of ailing parents, etc, there are exceptions. But if you chose not to work for a period of time, barring extenuating circumstances, then you prioritized something else over your career. That's your choice to make, but it's a consideration. And I say this as someone who works a flexible schedule. I wouldn't expect to be hired for an intense, higher-paying job over someone who'd shown their competence at those type of jobs (all else being equal).

Food for thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obnoxious post. I understand your frustration, OP, but this is not the way to get back at those awful posters who say they'd never hire a SAHM. I'm a SAHM looking to go back to work soon, and believe me, I know the frustration this endeavor involves. The outright hostility and resentment from WOHMs who have never stayed at home is unbelievable. Once you become a supplicant, they unleash their pent-up frustration and wrath on you, so I understand why you posted this way.

But let it go, OP. There are lots of great WOHMs who would be glad to employ you if they had the funds or the jobs. It's the vocal ones who are annoying, but so are lots of people, so just ignore them.

I'm a WOHM who's never stayed home. I'm not hostile or resentful to former SAHMs who apply for jobs in my workplace, because I chose to WOH. What I won't do, however, is give a SAHM any workplace "credit" for organizing PTA activities, etc. That's simply not relevant to what we do. And it's undeniably true that once you're SAH for two years or more, your experience is much more stale. I sometimes get the sneaking suspicion that SAHMs want their cake and to eat it too - having had the time off, but not lose too much careerwise. And please - be prepared to answer questions regarding your ability to work late on little notice, travel, etc.

[Anonymous]

And don't ask "can I telecommute?" when what you're really asking is "can I SAH with my kids and still pretend I'm working?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to make sure to not waste my time applying for jobs at your place of employment. Thanks.

And you just validated why I hesitate to hire SAHMs coming back to the workforce. Instead of reading the reasons we listed that are concerning to us and thinking that you could address those issues in interviews, you make a blanket statement that we are all SAHM haters. That, my friend, shows me EXACTLY what I was saying in the other post. The world doesn't revolve around you - you can't just get rid of everything around you that doesn't suit your ideal and make a pretend world in your head. Life - and especially the workforce doesn't work that way.

[Anonymous]

We work everywhere

[Anonymous]

Wow, lots of hate from WOHM. I thought we were all done with the mommy wars. Of course, SAHM should expect to start several steps below where they would be if they hadn't stayed home, but wow, there's a lot of resentment from some of the WOHM. I guess that guilt is showing.