part time job ideas - home by 2:30/3pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a sad, pathetic thread. Where are the interesting part time jobs? I don't want to be a lunch lady or sell groceries, but I can't work full time. DH has this outrageous idea that when our youngest starts kindergarten I'm going to find a great 10-2 four day a week job that's fun and intellectually stimulating. Where is such a job???

I used to be an adjunct professor at a college, teaching one course at a time, but I quit because the pay was so low my sitter made more money than I did. It actually cost me money to work.

I've worked part time two other times -- once during a difficult pregnancy and another time when I was in graduate school. I was so incredibly efficient as a part timer that I basically did my full time job in half the hours.

I've given up on the idea of finding an interesting part time job. I don't have to work, but I want to work, and I want to be paid for my skills and experience. How on earth does one find an interesting, reasonably paid part-time job?

Easy. Job share.

[zumbamama]

I don't think all the suggestions were pathetic. Some people might enjoy working at a nursery or a book store or being a yoga teacher. I know I lllllove my PT job way more than my FT job, and it is anything but boring!

What about a massage therapist, or a PT nurse, wedding planner, art gallery assistant, photo archivist or an outdoor job in parks/recreation?

[Anonymous]

Oh, duh. That's so easy! Especially for someone who is out of the workforce. Why didn't I think of it?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.

high school, right?

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.

high school, right?

Yes!

I don't get why some teachers seem to bristle when others admire their hours/breaks. This isn't even 7 hours a day and it's considered full-time! Sounds pretty good to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a sad, pathetic thread. Where are the interesting part time jobs? I don't want to be a lunch lady or sell groceries, but I can't work full time. DH has this outrageous idea that when our youngest starts kindergarten I'm going to find a great 10-2 four day a week job that's fun and intellectually stimulating. Where is such a job???

I used to be an adjunct professor at a college, teaching one course at a time, but I quit because the pay was so low my sitter made more money than I did. It actually cost me money to work.

I've worked part time two other times -- once during a difficult pregnancy and another time when I was in graduate school. I was so incredibly efficient as a part timer that I basically did my full time job in half the hours.

I've given up on the idea of finding an interesting part time job. I don't have to work, but I want to work, and I want to be paid for my skills and experience. How on earth does one find an interesting, reasonably paid part-time job?

No honest work is sad or pathetic. You need to get over yourself. If you are as "incredibly efficient" and skilled and experienced as you say you should have zero problem finding work in your field at the hours you want. Just keep up your contacts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, duh. That's so easy! Especially for someone who is out of the workforce. Why didn't I think of it?!

why the sarcasm? OP didn't specify if she wanted to train for a PT job or jump right into one. OP asked for ideas and there are some good ideas here. sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.

high school, right?

Yes!

I don't get why some teachers seem to bristle when others admire their hours/breaks. This isn't even 7 hours a day and it's considered full-time! Sounds pretty good to me.

Why are you teacher bashing on this thread? Why don't YOU try getting up at the crack of dawn to face a group of teens? And then when you return home, you're faced with planning and grading - sometimes working late into the night. The day hours are family-friendly, but the quality time AFTER work hours is sorely lacking.

So before you comment, educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

Yikes! I didn't really see the PP as teacher bashing. I'm a teacher and really enjoy my hours. I do very little work at home. I use my conference period to get my work done and an occasional Sunday afternoon. I think about you've done it for a while lesson planning gets very routine and you use less family time to do work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.

high school, right?

Yes!

I don't get why some teachers seem to bristle when others admire their hours/breaks. This isn't even 7 hours a day and it's considered full-time! Sounds pretty good to me.

Why are you teacher bashing on this thread? Why don't YOU try getting up at the crack of dawn to face a group of teens? And then when you return home, you're faced with planning and grading - sometimes working late into the night. The day hours are family-friendly, but the quality time AFTER work hours is sorely lacking.

So before you comment, educate yourself.

Easy, Killer. I am the daughter and best friend of teachers. I'm certainly no teacher basher. Good Lord. My own Mom chose teaching so she could be off when we were. And she was. Most teachers I know don't work late into the night on nights and weekends. But that's just my experience. The poster said she works 7:25 to 2:05 and sounded pretty happy about it. I was just saying I would be too. No one's belittling teachers here. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you should *ever* bash anyone working a job which is legit and is paid. There is no shame in working in a grocery store or in the school cafeteria. They are honest jobs which many people are happy to do. I think for some of you it is a snob factor: you think you are too good to work those jobs. But if you are such hot property why can't you find a terrific part-time job?

The OP asked for suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you should *ever* bash anyone working a job which is legit and is paid. There is no shame in working in a grocery store or in the school cafeteria. They are honest jobs which many people are happy to do. I think for some of you it is a snob factor: you think you are too good to work those jobs. But if you are such hot property why can't you find a terrific part-time job?

The OP asked for suggestions.

I don't think the people who were commenting that some of those labor jobs are the only options, were bashing them. Some of them might have been, but I don't think that was the intent of many of these posts.

I think the point is, there should be more PT options for women who are educated and do have "professional" experience, who want to or are more used to working in office environments. Plus, I don't think anyone wants to see a bunch of educated women who are living well above the poverty line, taking jobs from people who could really use them as the economy worsens.

I like my job, but if things change, I don't know what I'd do because the only way I got PT hours is because I had worked here before getting pregnant. I have friends who are struggling to find jobs but want PT options, and there aren't many. I just wish there were more options for women of all education and experience levels.

I agree - everyone who does an honest day's work deserves respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you should *ever* bash anyone working a job which is legit and is paid. There is no shame in working in a grocery store or in the school cafeteria. They are honest jobs which many people are happy to do. I think for some of you it is a snob factor: you think you are too good to work those jobs. But if you are such hot property why can't you find a terrific part-time job?

The OP asked for suggestions.

I'm not basing them, but I certainly could not take one of those jobs, unless I REALLY needed it and there was not one single other option. I do have a terrific PT job, I posted it earlier. I do not need to dole out mystery meat. I would not just "fill my time" with a poverty wage job. If I need something to fill my time when the kids were in school, I would rather volenteer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not need to dole out mystery meat. I would not just "fill my time" with a poverty wage job. If I need something to fill my time when the kids were in school, I would rather volenteer.

What is the point of posting this, other than to trumpet your superiority? If you don't want to do it, fine, but why try to make other people feel worse about what they do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not need to dole out mystery meat. I would not just "fill my time" with a poverty wage job. If I need something to fill my time when the kids were in school, I would rather volenteer.

What is the point of posting this, other than to trumpet your superiority? If you don't want to do it, fine, but why try to make other people feel worse about what they do?

The point was, I was responding to the PPs question. Sorry if you don't like that I don't want to be a lunch lady or a cashier. There is no other way for me to say it. I also don't want to flip burgers or drive a bus. Not interested, I'll leave the opening for someone else to fill. However, I would do it if all of my other resources were exhausted. I waited tables for many years, I could do it again if I had to.