Spinoff: "Mommy track" jobs?

[Anonymous]

I am a director at a University for a central office and I make $145,000. I work from home 4 days a week and have a very flexible job. As long as my work gets done nobody really micromanges me. I have no direct reports (although in the past I have). I have 3 kids and a DH who works a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me: an individual contributor position in my field was so much less stressful and demanding than management. I’m in tech and my previous role was sort of directorial — responsible for getting stuff done as well as managing reports and clients. My new role is pure coding and I love it. I haven’t done serious overtime in years (either role) but do have a very flexible schedule (eg I’m often on late at night to finish stuff up but it’s because I ran errands during normal work hours or picked my kid up early from aftercare).

I think it helps to figure out which parts of your job are incompatible with parenting for you. In my case it was that managing clients was the same skillset as managing toddlers and I wanted to save that energy for home life.

+1. Switched to an individual contributor in finance/risk management role. Lots of flexibility and no immediate loss in income. Probably some loss in terms of the promotion potential, but I am reasonably high up as is, so the chances for promotion are small anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IC in a senior legal role

IC?

Intelligence community.

As the spouse of one of these, very much disagree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corporate communications at Capital One. I work from home three days, go in one day, basically don't work at all on Fridays. I also dick around all day. Pay isn't amazing but for how little is expected of me, it's fine.

Staff morale at Capital One is super low right now because of the long, drawn-out layoffs. That, along with your post, are maybe proof that you’re not great at your job. No idea how you’ve managed to still hold on.

[Anonymous]

Individual contributor in a technical role. Full-time WFH, flexible schedule, hardly on call. I’m senior enough where I cut my hours to part-time without any issues while still pulling in $200k+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corporate communications at Capital One. I work from home three days, go in one day, basically don't work at all on Fridays. I also dick around all day. Pay isn't amazing but for how little is expected of me, it's fine.

And ... here's some good fuel for the RTO types...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try to move to an association. They generally have better pay and quality of life than traditional nonprofits.

Never been more stressed than at an association non-profit. Everyone has to wear 10 hats and acts "like family" which is code for no boundaries.

+1

This was my experience too. And there was less accountability than in the corporate world where there is a bottom line, so things were often a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try to move to an association. They generally have better pay and quality of life than traditional nonprofits.

Never been more stressed than at an association non-profit. Everyone has to wear 10 hats and acts "like family" which is code for no boundaries.

+1

This was my experience too. And there was less accountability than in the corporate world where there is a bottom line, so things were often a mess.

Disagree, I was a fundraiser at an association nonprofit and it was one of the easiest jobs I ever had. Full-time counted as 35 hours a week and I think I probably worked 20 lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IC in a senior legal role

IC?

Intelligence community.

As the spouse of one of these, very much disagree.

Same… there’s no telework whatsoever and lots of travel

[Anonymous]

+1 IC in a senior legal role at a big tech company.

I make over 500K and cannot believe the work life balance I have. I came from biglaw and then stressful smaller companies and wanted to move to a bigger company for the buy-side experience, not the WLB, but it has been an extra perk. My team is full of well credentialed, high performer type parents taking advantage of this situation.

I often see people from our team going out to become VP or GCs at smaller companies once their kids hit high school or college.

[Anonymous]

For God’s sake IC is Individual Contributor.
Meaning you aren’t in a managerial role with direct reports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i think mommy tracking is a little odd.
I'm c suite so hugely in control of my own schedule. If you work hard enough and get senior enough, you can do what you want. i go to watch my kids games. i have to work hard AROUND those and often after they are in bed or weekends. But I can absolutely 'be there' if they are sick or school closes. it's a little bit stressful but i think actually lower level jobs are less flex.

I don’t think you’re the right personality type to understand mommy track jobs. The entire point is not to have to work hard on nights and weekends or ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 IC in a senior legal role at a big tech company.

I make over 500K and cannot believe the work life balance I have. I came from biglaw and then stressful smaller companies and wanted to move to a bigger company for the buy-side experience, not the WLB, but it has been an extra perk. My team is full of well credentialed, high performer type parents taking advantage of this situation.

I often see people from our team going out to become VP or GCs at smaller companies once their kids hit high school or college.

Please share the name of this company!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For God’s sake IC is Individual Contributor.
Meaning you aren’t in a managerial role with direct reports.

For as much as this acronym is used, I chuckle at how often this question is asked!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the best jobs/fields where you put in your 8 hours, that's it, and the work isn't very stressful? I have a 2 year old and a very demanding job. My husband is a bit of a workaholic. I feel my mental and physical health deteriorating, and I need to make a change. I want to keep working, but not like this.

For context: currently a director at a nonprofit and making $110k/year. Would want to take no more than a 25% pay cut for less stress.

With that background you could go to some of the more expensive private/ independent schools and do advancement or donor relations or grant writing. Some schools have summers off for all staff as well!