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[quote=Anonymous]I posted in the other thread about my mom job. I work for a private company, working from home a majority of the time. Technically I am supposed to work 40 hrs/week (or more I suppose could be required since I am "exempt"), but  I don't clock in or out. I make sure I'm reachable 9-5 but I get my work done in usually 30-35 hrs/week.

Having a mom job is pretty great. I wake my kids up, get them ready, we have breakfast as a family,  I make lunches then send my family out the door, and then get myself ready for the day.  Then I pick kids up at 5, get dinner ready, when DH comes home we have dinner as a family, hang out some more. I can do laundry and dinner prep during the day when I'm at home as well as take time for errands, arts and crafts type stuff like valentines and birthday stuff, etc.  I can also get to the gym during the day (or waste time on DCUM as is the case today). Because I can do so many little chores during the day like laundry, my husband only has to be responsible for his own set of "chores" around the house during the week and we can spend weekends doing fun stuff.

My job is just eh. I do great work and get great reviews, but it's not the most exciting or fulfilling work. It's certainly below my experience level, but I realize that if, career-wise, I want to "live up to my potential" I will be in a managerial position where I have a lot more I'm responsible for.

Working from home is also just eh. I would prefer to see people in person besides my family every day, but the lack of commute (and lack of time spent chit chatting in an office) is really what frees me up to do laundry and dinner prep and make Halloween costumes. [/quote]

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