Spinoff: "Mommy track" jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Actually, this acronym is often used on this board to mean intelligence community so perhaps people should start spelling out what they mean.

[Anonymous]

Most non-supervisory GS-13 or below federal gov't jobs, esp. anything "analyst".

[Anonymous]

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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.

I’m dying for one of those jobs

Please share the name of this company!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non supervisory gs14 and make $150 and work 40 hours per week. I telework 4 days per week. I have a 3 year old. When she’s a bit older, I’ll kick it up and refocus on my career. For now, I am very grateful.

+1 exact same situation but a 2 year old

[Anonymous]

Can you propose to go PT? I did that 13 years ago and it has worked out really well. I have since changed jobs but came into my current one PT and WAH. It’s been a lifesaver.

[Anonymous]

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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.

NP here. I have been in associations for 27 years and have never experienced this!

[Anonymous]

I am a HR Director at Central Office for a School District, wfh 4 days, go on-site 1 day and I make 160k. Most days I have 4-5 hours worth of work. I think it’s a good “mommy track”, DH works a LOT in a higher paying job so this works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a reading specialist. But it doesn't work if you're the bread winner.

But you are the read winner.

Lol

[Anonymous]

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

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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!

It is a large biotech/pharma (headquartered in Europe). My friends who are in senior legal IC roles at FAANG (specifically Meta, Google, MSFT) or PE/hedge funds have similar experiences and sometimes better comp depending when they joined with equity grants. Look for teams where almost everyone has biglaw backgrounds because that is a sign the comp is competitive.

My colleagues are smart and kind but the flip side is the organization as a whole is large and cumbersome for getting things done (for example: I have spent more hours in various meetings to align on a group doc review project than it would have taken me to just do the entire doc review myself). For an ambitious / impact-oriented person this can feel frustrating / like stagnation but I can't deny the WLB is good and maybe the season of life I currently need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Same. F/t was 35 at the association I worked it. I probably worked 20 hours a week and made low 6 figures plus good benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a HR Director at Central Office for a School District, wfh 4 days, go on-site 1 day and I make 160k. Most days I have 4-5 hours worth of work. I think it’s a good “mommy track”, DH works a LOT in a higher paying job so this works for us.

I sure hope you aren’t at FCPS because their HR is a mess and you should be doing a lot more work than you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non supervisory gs14 and make $150 and work 40 hours per week. I telework 4 days per week. I have a 3 year old. When she’s a bit older, I’ll kick it up and refocus on my career. For now, I am very grateful.

It really doesn’t get better when they’re older. I am out to 9pm every night driving my kids to activities and sports — and they don’t even do travel (we do have 2 kids so maybe one and done works better).

+1 kids under 6 are the easiest. I once school starts, it is worse. This is a shock for most people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non supervisory gs14 and make $150 and work 40 hours per week. I telework 4 days per week. I have a 3 year old. When she’s a bit older, I’ll kick it up and refocus on my career. For now, I am very grateful.

It really doesn’t get better when they’re older. I am out to 9pm every night driving my kids to activities and sports — and they don’t even do travel (we do have 2 kids so maybe one and done works better).

+1 kids under 6 are the easiest. I once school starts, it is worse. This is a shock for most people.

+1. It gets more demanding. I’m a supervisory gs-15 with a 7 and 9 year old. I won’t go for an SES until my oldest can drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non supervisory gs14 and make $150 and work 40 hours per week. I telework 4 days per week. I have a 3 year old. When she’s a bit older, I’ll kick it up and refocus on my career. For now, I am very grateful.

It really doesn’t get better when they’re older. I am out to 9pm every night driving my kids to activities and sports — and they don’t even do travel (we do have 2 kids so maybe one and done works better).

+1 kids under 6 are the easiest. I once school starts, it is worse. This is a shock for most people.

Agree! When I first had my kid, there was a lot of debate among friends about whether it is best to stay home while they were young and then return to work. A been-there-done-that friend with older kids warned me that she felt she needed the most flexibility when her kids were old enough to have activities off campus during the week…starting maybe about 2nd or 3rd grade, until they went to middle/high and were doing in school activities right on campus. Even then…depending what your kid is in to, it could be hard.

To all the new moms out there…consider this possibility. It may be best to build your career and your wealth now while your kid’s day is just drop off and pick up once a day, and save the flexible/part-time job for when your kid gets a little older. I can’t tell you how thankful I am that I did this now that I have 9 year old that needs me after school. I’ve scaled back to part-time but with a much higher consulting rate and a sizable amount of money growing in my 401k.