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[quote=Anonymous]Wow. I want to sincerely thank you for posting this question, as this framing has really helped me!

Yes, I would recommend my job to my kids whole heartedly. I work in political data.

The pay is solid ($115k) I'm doing work that supports my values, coworkers are pleasant, leadership is very understand of work life balance and having to deal with kid stuff (everyone in my chain of command has very young kids). I can come in late to go to a kid's assembly, or leave early to take my kid to soccer and no one cares. If my sick kid is in the background or even interrupts work calls, everyone's fine with it. The work itself is fine/good, and I have a lot of control over my day.

I sometimes think about leaving - while we're mission driven, and I believe in the mission, my enthusiasm has wained a bit, and I'm not sure that the work we do is actually the best path forward. And the flip side of all the loosey-goosey flexibility is that... a lot of my coworkers don't work very hard, there's not a lot of accountability, and it's really hard to get people to meet deadlines or have a sense of urgency. So sometimes I dream of moving somewhere where there's little more passion and urgency.

But your framing has really helped me see this morning that my job is pretty awesome. And I needed that. So thank you![/quote]

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