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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm not sure why everyone is being pissy with you.

What you're looking for does exist.

I work PT for a couple NPOs. Mostly WAH, a few meetings / events here & there, occasional travel. I bring home about what I did before with FT work, but I have much more flexibility. I have no benefits, but it's a trade-off to be home with my LO at 3:30 90% of the time.

Also, when you're PT, you have more leverage in some ways than FT--it's much easier to say, "I'll be gone that week" or "no, I can't do a 7pm call." On the other hand, if you miss two days, you've missed the whole week, and the FT world keeps spinning without you, so it's sometimes hard to keep up--especially if you have high expectations for your work and want to set firm boundaries about availability.

I have to hustle, because some of my work is contract work with definite end dates. Sometimes I do extra consulting.

I never had a real work gap, though, since I switched to this shortly after DS was born. [/quote]

Thank you. Definitely easier without the gap! Sounds like a great work life balance. [/quote]

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