Career with work-life balance

[Anonymous]

I work Monday-Friday in an Admin role with an infant at home. I need a change and am open to going back to school. I would be open to working weekends or evenings (temporarily), as long as I can be home during the day or most of the week with my little one.

I know nursing is a good path but was wondering if anyone had any opinions??? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Retail. Hospitality.

[Anonymous]

From what I hear, pharmacy (although you definitely would have to go back to school).

[Anonymous]

My mom was a nurse and it was a great job to have with kids. She worked nights and my dad watched us. Full time is 3 nights a week and part time is 2 nights a week. The only bad thing is that you're going to work every other Thanksgiving and Christmas. All my Christmas photos have my mom in scrubs looking exhausted. But the money is great too and there were always ways to make extra (working per diem and taking more shifts).

[Anonymous]

My mom was a nurse and it was a great job to have with kids. She worked nights and my dad watched us. Full time is 3 nights a week and part time is 2 nights a week. The only bad thing is that you're going to work every other Thanksgiving and Christmas. All my Christmas photos have my mom in scrubs looking exhausted. But the money is great too and there were always ways to make extra (working per diem and taking more shifts).

[Anonymous]

Some types of IT where you can do most of it from home. Nursing but that's a lot of school.

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Another RN here, work 2 day shifts a week home 5 days with benefits etc. yes to BSN and working holidays is hard but pay is well and just work the occasional holiday and a weekend here and there. You will always be missing something but being off 5 days a week is a good work/life balance.

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I have mom friends who enjoy being speech pathologists. They can work part-time for a great hourly rate.

[Anonymous]

I'm a psychologist and find the work is pretty family friendly, especially if you're in private practice. Many of us schedule our patients around our kids' schedules so we can be around to pick them up from school, take them to activities, etc. THe only drawback is getting the degree. A PhD program isn't the most family friendly, and it takes 5-7 yrs to become licensed at the doctoral level.

[Anonymous]

Accountant

All my female friends that were in accounting were offered part time when they had young children and we're back to full time when they wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work Monday-Friday in an Admin role with an infant at home. I need a change and am open to going back to school. I would be open to working weekends or evenings (temporarily), as long as I can be home during the day or most of the week with my little one.

I know nursing is a good path but was wondering if anyone had any opinions??? Thanks!

By the time you are done with your 4 years of full time school to be a nurse, Your infant will be in school. Plus nursing school is not at night.

Your only options are shitty retail or restaurant jobs, but you won't see your kid on the holidays.

I have a schedule that allows me to work from home whrn I want, but I had years of work experience in that field (IT) before I had kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work Monday-Friday in an Admin role with an infant at home. I need a change and am open to going back to school. I would be open to working weekends or evenings (temporarily), as long as I can be home during the day or most of the week with my little one.

I know nursing is a good path but was wondering if anyone had any opinions??? Thanks!

How are you expecting to go back to school and be home with your baby ( who won't be a baby forever)? If yiu go at night it will take you years and years. At that rate you might as well be a SAHM and return to work whrn the kid goes to school.

[Anonymous]

I think a good number of working moms would love to be with their young children during the day, and only work a few hours at night and occasional weekends, and get paid a substantial wage, and have low barriers to entry.

You're after a unicorn, OP.

But look at the 11-7 shift at the front desk of a hotel. This way, even if you were scheduled Christmas Eve, you could do church, put your kids to bed, and then be home shortly after Santa arrives.