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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There aren't that many years before grandchildren come along and a LOT of former SAHMs help extensively with grandchildren. Oldest kid goes to college at 18, has kids at 30. But the youngest child might be 5 years younger.

I will say that something that bothers me in these SAHM return to work threads is that those of us who have been working have been steadily climbing the ladder, but these SAHMs don't want to return to their previous wage- they want the same wage as women who have been working the entire time.[/quote]

I've been out of work for 7 years but worked for 7 years before that. People currently with no experience are making what I made 7 years ago with 7 years experience, so no I don't want to be paid as if I have no experience, I want the current going rate for someone with 7 years experience. [/quote]

But your 7 years experience may be outdated given the gap of time not working.  7 years from 2008-2015 are not likely the same value to a company as 7 years from 2015-2022 in a lot of fields.  Not to mention the skills that are still relevant might be a little rusty after not using them for 7 years. I stayed home with my kid for 2.5 years  and a lot had changed in my field even in that short amount of time--my role had a lot more data analytics than before and a whole suite of tools I had never used.  I also found it took me time to get back into the groove of working on teams, with clients etc. (as well as do that while managing my still somewhat new role as a parent).
I found I had to back up a bit in my expectations for jobs and also put in more time to learn things that were now expected in my role.  Your experience may be different.[/quote]

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