Career with work-life balance

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Anonymous wrote:Dh is a statistics analyst/programer and had great work-life balance. Works from home, has time to work out and take care of errands during work hours on most days.

Every day?

I find it amazing there are that many employers that trust employees to work from home every single day.

Some jobs are production based. If production quality and quantity are maintained, it's easier to trust employees.

I get that, and been in that position before, but still couldn't work from home at all. Again, I get twice a week, but every day? Is this an office space issue as well? I have never worked in the federal gov't, but that seems the common theme around here with telecommuting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dh is a statistics analyst/programer and had great work-life balance. Works from home, has time to work out and take care of errands during work hours on most days.

Every day?

I find it amazing there are that many employers that trust employees to work from home every single day.

I find it amazing that you find it amazing. Tons of people work from home full time nowadays.

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I'm in healthcare IT and can work from home full time every day. My husband is in IT as well and can work from home as he pleases too. They don't care as long as you get your work done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dh is a statistics analyst/programer and had great work-life balance. Works from home, has time to work out and take care of errands during work hours on most days.

Every day?

I find it amazing there are that many employers that trust employees to work from home every single day.

Some jobs are production based. If production quality and quantity are maintained, it's easier to trust employees.

I get that, and been in that position before, but still couldn't work from home at all. Again, I get twice a week, but every day? Is this an office space issue as well? I have never worked in the federal gov't, but that seems the common theme around here with telecommuting.

PP here--It was partly an office space. He originally worked from home 2 days a week and shared an office. His company changed locations and wanted his team to work from home full-time. He's good at what he does and is regularly able to complete his work in less time than it would take others. There are crunch times though when he does have to work into the evening.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a patent agent friend. GS 14 12 years out of school. Works out of home all week, meets the kids bus everyday and has a booming photography business.

this is just the patent agency, though -- they ran out of space and kicked their senior employees out. Most of them work work from. That said, after the recent scandal, their computers and time management are monitored like you wouldn't believe. Not sure how PP's friend gets out of doing her job and taking pretty pictures instead, but as a taxpayer, I'm dismayed. That's the definition of waste, fraud, and abuse.

Based out of PA not DC, so not sure if the rules are different.

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Anonymous wrote:Dental hygienist. I make $50 an hour and I work part-time. My hours are 9-4 with an hour paid lunch break.

That is not at all typical. Is that your hourly rate no benefits?
PRN status?
There is no way you are salaried at $50/hour as a dental hygienist

I do make $50.00 an hour with benefits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Retail. Hospitality.

Disagree and am familiar with both. Long hours, often very inflexible and varying schedules, and terrible pay. Oh, and you're typically treated as totally replaceable and expendable so there's that.

I disagree. We are in need of brunch servers for Saturday and Sunday. You can work from 8 or 9 or 10 am to 4pm or even later. Pay is about $20- $35 and hour- depends on how fast you are and you can take a day off if you give a week's notice. We are hiring all the time. We hold on to good workers and don't treat you as a replaceable. It's expensive and time consuming to train people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another very happy nurse here. Even right out of nursing school I never had a problem getting night and weekend shifts so that I could be home with the kids during the day. I've gotten by with very minimal day care. It will be very hard on you when the kids are young, you'll be exhausted, but it's so worth it for the family. Unless you go on to be a CRNA, you won't be rich, but you can easily make low six figures working full time and feed your family. There's always potential for extra hours or a supplemental per diem job in case you need extra income.

I honestly thank my lucky stars every day for my nursing license and the flexibility that comes with it. I've never missed a field trip, school performance, doctor's appt, etc. I never have to call in sick or scramble for day care when there's a snow day. When the kids are older I can always transition into day position as a nurse manager or educator if I choose. I can't recommend nursing enough.

I am glad you like it. I loathe the nursing profession, all 21 years of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about PT assistants or OT assistants? That isn't always typical Monday-Friday work. Not too sure on the pay though.

I've thought about this too! But isn't this at least an associates degree?

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Anonymous wrote:Second career nurse here getting ready to head in for night shift. I think you'd like my gig----I work two 12s (Friday and Saturday night), get paid for 30 hours, and have full benefits. That said, it was a long road to get here (both in terms of going to nursing school and then establishing seniority as a nurse). I personally hate night shift but this is a good schedule for my family right now----I'm home 100% during the week. Twelve hour shifts take more of a toll on my body at 40-something than I estimated---and I'm a pretty active/high-energy person. One bit of advice if you decide to pursue nursing----make sure you go for a BSN program. Associate degrees in nursing are becoming obsolete---especially in the DC area---it's tragic to see the students coming out of ADN programs that can't find jobs because employers want a BSN. I'm so glad I was given this advice as well. I'd encourage you to check out the accelerated BSN programs at Marymount or Georgetown. University of Maryland also has a good BSN program, but it's not accelerated. Depending on your previous degree(s), there may be prerequisites that you need to take to be accepted into nursing school (A&P I and II, Nutrition, Microbiology, etc). Best of luck from someone who has been down this road before you!

Thanks for your post.

HI second career nurse. Just curious - where did you do your second degree in nursing? Do you find that you feel that there are not enough nurses on your shift and patient safety is compromised? This would be my big fear in nursing.. not enough staff and too much stress!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Retail. Hospitality.

Disagree and am familiar with both. Long hours, often very inflexible and varying schedules, and terrible pay. Oh, and you're typically treated as totally replaceable and expendable so there's that.

I disagree. We are in need of brunch servers for Saturday and Sunday. You can work from 8 or 9 or 10 am to 4pm or even later. Pay is about $20- $35 and hour- depends on how fast you are and you can take a day off if you give a week's notice. We are hiring all the time. We hold on to good workers and don't treat you as a replaceable. It's expensive and time consuming to train people.

Where if you don't mind sharing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Retail. Hospitality.

Disagree and am familiar with both. Long hours, often very inflexible and varying schedules, and terrible pay. Oh, and you're typically treated as totally replaceable and expendable so there's that.

I disagree. We are in need of brunch servers for Saturday and Sunday. You can work from 8 or 9 or 10 am to 4pm or even later. Pay is about $20- $35 and hour- depends on how fast you are and you can take a day off if you give a week's notice. We are hiring all the time. We hold on to good workers and don't treat you as a replaceable. It's expensive and time consuming to train people.

Where if you don't mind sharing?

I won't say the name but it should be among 5 most popular brunch places in Georgetown. Also check out Lyon Hall, Rasika West End and Fishers, Farmers and Bakers and Cafe Bonaparte. In Le Pain Quotidiens one can make ok money.
Check craigslist- Rasika West End is hiring.

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Anonymous wrote:What about PT assistants or OT assistants? That isn't always typical Monday-Friday work. Not too sure on the pay though.

I've thought about this too! But isn't this at least an associates degree?

It's an Associates degree.
And it is all daytime hours though you could do weekends and part time options are plentiful. But it is 9-5. Pay is around $30/hr

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Anonymous wrote:Dental hygienist. I make $50 an hour and I work part-time. My hours are 9-4 with an hour paid lunch break.

That is not at all typical. Is that your hourly rate no benefits?
PRN status?
There is no way you are salaried at $50/hour as a dental hygienist

I do make $50.00 an hour with benefits.

There is no way you are making $50/HR salaried as a dental hygienist (vacation, health insurance, full time employee with salary) as just a dental hygienist.
Why are you being so evasive and deliberately misleading?
It's either a relative and you help run the place, do manager type things and the books, or something similar, but you don't make $50/HR salaried as an "off the street" dental hygienist