Anonymous wrote:I didn't realize this was an old thread until I was most of the way through it but I just made a very similar decision--was offered a 5 day a week at the office job that I think I would have loved but turned it down to stay at my current 4 day a week and work from home when I need to job. I don't hate my job but I'm getting bored and feel like there are other things out there for me. There's not a lot of advancement at my current job but that's partially by choice--I don't really want to be in the next position up because the work is not as much fun. My kids are older, 2 and 4, so I don't have as long to wait until they are in full-day school.
It was really tough to give up a job that I knew would make me happier from a career standpoint and I still, a month later, get a sick feeling when I think about turning it down. BUT, I know I would regret giving up that one day with my kids even more. I figure I only have another year or so before they are in school and then I can go back to 5 days a week. It's much easier to find a 5-day gig than a 4-day one so those opportunities will always be there. Then again, I'm not in a high-pressure, high-salary field and the field I really want to go into pays even less so that may be why I'm not worried about finding something down the road.
At this point, I would actually be fine with going back to work 5 days if my commute was shorter and I could work one of those days from home. But the suggestion of one day from home at the other job was shot down so I turned it down. I feel like there are enough jobs out there that allow WFH even in the very beginning that if one day was a deal breaker, it may not be as flexible as they claimed to be. Teleworking is so common now (for many kinds of jobs, like what I do) that a company that will not allow it just seem a little out of touch to me.
I get it though--it is really hard to watch your career be put aside for that many years while opportunities continue to pass by. I really struggle with it--there are a lot of us who do--so you are not alone if that makes you feel better.
Thanks for sharing. I am the PP who revived the thred. I know I will look at back at this decision and feel like I made the right choice, but when I am in the office on a Friday bored to tears, I guess its hard to have perspective. But then again I get to WFH 2 week and have a fixed schedule. Sigh...cant have it all can we?
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