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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flexibility is very very helpful for at least one parent. But I would have found it [b]extremely hard to leave my sweet baby and toddler with a nanny and then day care if I did not think that I was contributing to something meaningful and interesting at work[/b]. Sometimes you can find non boring and flexible in the same package, do it doesn't hurt to keep your eyes open.[/quote]

I'm the one in the family with the crazy flexible job - 100% telecommute, and as long as I meet deadlines, I can work whenever.  For the first year and a half it was IDEAL.

However, it's an absolutely boring, no brainer job.  Occasionally I'll get something interesting, but for the most part, I could probably do my job drunk and have all be well (not that I would, but as an indicator of the brainpower I need).  It's starting to get to me.  The salary is useful, and the benefits are great, but knowing that I"m leaving my kids just to "have a job" is really starting to wear me down.  I think I'll keep the job through the holidays specifically for the flexibility, but come January, I'm actually going to look for a less flexible job that's interesting, or seriously consider being a SAHM.  What I'm doing now is just hanging out on a hamster wheel.  NOT what I busted my a$$ through grad school to do, and not worth missing my kids for.

Just another side of the argument.  Maybe if I worked at an office with the same job  or if I had the 100% telecommute with a more interesting job it would be different.  Bottom line, my advice is that before you get a boring job "for the good of the FAMILY", make sure you're not going to drive yourself crazy in the process!

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