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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 2 kids (ages 4 and 8) and a big job that has little flexibility and is very demanding. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am, but have been increasingly unhappy lately and am thinking about leaving. Before COVID I didn’t know any better, but now I feel like I want more time with my family and less stress. During COVID my company became really flexible by necessity for working parents dealing with kids at home, but the pendulum has swung back in the other direction and I would say things are worse than before. While I can work remote, the nature of what I do means that I am on video calls nearly all day from 9/10am to 5/6pm, and then I often need to go back online at night for an hour or two to finish up actual work. The final straw is that I am supposed to be on vacation the whole week of Thanksgiving by my boss has scheduled a last minute in person meeting for that week that I have to attend.

I am curious to hear from others who have left the workforce if they regret it. Once I am out I will not be able to get back in in the capacity that I current work. Could I find something else, sure, but it would be a HUGE pay cut and maybe not even worth my time. My DH wants me to quit since I am so stressed and unhappy.

But am I crazy to leave when I am on the cusp of both kids being in school full time next fall?[/quote]

stay and outsource, you will regret it.[/quote]

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