How much is going back to work worth to you?

[Mum2b_Claire]

Although winning the lottery and buying a big house and fancy car for me and all my family and friends wouldnt be so bad lol

haha true. Mind you I would be scared of driving a fancy car and would be too lazy to clean a big house

 

[ShanandBoc]

just get your chauffeur to drive u around and ur maid to clean ur house

 

[aliss]

For me I would still make about $1500-2000 a month after daycare costs but I would NEVER see LO. My job is 7am-7pm (2 days) & then 7pm-7am (2 days)rotating, then 4 off. It's not worth it for me if I can afford to stay home just on OH's salary.

 

[Janidog]

I have to work, but its not down to the cost, its down to my own sanity. If i didn't work then i would go out of my head I only work 3 afternoons a week, but it means my brain is back working and LO can socialise

 

[Marzipan_girl]

I have to work, but its not down to the cost, its down to my own sanity. If i didn't work then i would go out of my head I only work 3 afternoons a week, but it means my brain is back working and LO can socialise

Same! I don't need to work at all, we are very comfortably off now I have moved in with OH as his parents bought him a house outright in London and he has a high income job...but I don't WANT to stay at home all the time! I go crazy looking after LO after a while...it makes me feel like a bad mum to say it but I would rather go to uni next year than be a SAHM. I get how others see it as their priority but I think i'd go mad after a while. However, we're going to get a nanny and see how we go with that so I can do a course in illustration at uni and then work as an illustrator from home and look after LO.

 

[mrsraggle]

Unfortunately for me, going back to work makes our household much better off financially. It also means we will be able to afford to save for a new house (very small two bed terrace atm and want a 3 bed so we can make Eloïse a brother or sister!) and have a little holiday this year.

However, I'm paying seriously emotionally. Eloïse will start nursery in a week or so and it's breaking my heart.

 

[aliss]

^^^ There's nothing wrong with wanting to spend time outside the home. I went back to work at 3 months and then decided to stay home a few weeks later. SAHM was for me, but I can see how one would appreciate the break/adult company that working outside the home (or school) provides

 

[Kitty23]

I would be paying more for childcare than I would be earning But I am training to be a beauty therapist at the mo and cant wait till I am working freelance. I never wanted to be a SAHM. I feel sorry for the mums that have to work and want to be at home though xxx

 

[dovehouse]

sadly it worked out i still have to work, we even looked at me going part time but no, we just cant afford it. infact my oh said if anyone would be going part time it would be him! i am a teacher so i get the good holidays.booooooo. also we really want to move and so we need my wage to help with the increase in mortgage if and when we can move. am going back in april
x

 

[icy1975]

I have to go back to work, I'm the major wage earner in our house, so it just wouldn't work me staying at home, although OH gets to be a SAHD and I'm very jealous!

 

[Hellodoris]

We've just started looking at this and with paying for childcare plus travel expenses, tax and NI I would take home less than £200 per month. OH earns enough too pay the essentials rent etc but not enough to cover my bills.

I need to find a job closer to home that pays the same to make it work.... I keep hoping work will make me redundant as the payout would give us some breathing room ahh well it'll all work itself out i'm sure!

 

[ellie27]

How much is going back to work worth for me???

Well, I am not going back for the money - it is the fact that I have a permanent job and in my career that is like gold-dust so I dont want to totally give it up!! I have just started back work last week.

How much is it actually worth?? Well, we are so lucky that I am only going back 3 days a week and my mum and MIL are minding Anna so no childcare costs. I will have a take-home pay of around £1500 at the end of the month for 3 days a week.

 

[lozzy21]

Lucky for us my mam is looking after LO while i go back part time otherwise it wouldent be worth me going back. i only earn £200 a week full time and all of that would go on childcare

 

[Seity]

My OH doesn't work and we don't get money if I don't work, so priceless.

 

[Kalah]

I'm doing my sums. Looking at the difference between Tax credits and child care costs and what we will end up with at the end of the month. OH works and I will be going back part time, but both are rather low paid jobs. Which means that we will only be approx £50 a week/ £200 a month better off with me working 5 mornings a week than if I stayed at home with LO.

So £10 a day to get up early, be unable to help OH get ready for work and instead have him help me get LO ready, take LO to a child minder, take public transport to work, pay tea money at work, probably eat at work, rush to get LO from her child minders.

I think it just depends on if you really need the money of not. If you were in a hard situation and having trouble paying bills then I would say yes take the job. If you're getting along fine, maybe not the most luxurious life, but getting along, I would say don't.

 

[poppykat]

How much is going back to work worth for me???

Well, I am not going back for the money - it is the fact that I have a permanent job and in my career that is like gold-dust so I dont want to totally give it up!! I have just started back work last week.

How much is it actually worth?? Well, we are so lucky that I am only going back 3 days a week and my mum and MIL are minding Anna so no childcare costs. I will have a take-home pay of around £1500 at the end of the month for 3 days a week.

Can I have your job please?!

 

[Mrs Mayhem]

As much as I want to stay at home with LO permanently, I will be going back in April, for two reasons, firstly I am the main earner in our home so we really need my wages, Hubby brings home a decent wage but it is almost half of what I make, so we need my income too.
Secondly, I love my job. I worked bloody hard to get where I am and to the position I am in, I will miss LO all day every day but its not like I am going back to a job I hate.

I also want to save money every month for LO so when she hits 18, she has a decent amount to go to uni with, a deposit for a house etc and we couldn't do this without my job.

My shifts are pretty much fixed, but we have managed to move hubby's shifts around so that we will only need nursery for 2 mornings a week which is good!

 

[Tacey]

Money wise, it would be fairly reasonable as I was a teacher before having Alice. I budgeted to go back part time and we saved a lot before having her to make that possible. Now I can't imagine going back to it, so we've shifted the budget again. I think I'll probably try to find some way of working from home in future as we plan to home educate too.

 

[ttc_lolly]

IMO I don't think £10 a day is worth missing out precious time with your LO for Unless that £10 was an absolute neccessity I wouldn't do it. I am not returning back to work, I think my part time wage would cover childcare costs so it's not worth it for me! And OH doesn't mind me being a SAHM and a lady of leisure so it's fine by me x

 

[kitabird]

Financially I'll hardly be any better off, around £100 a month, but the reason I want to go back is for my sanity! I desperately need some baby-free time!