working full time - long.....sorry

[Katiex]

im on mat leave at the moment due back dec. i work in a call centre but not on the phones, my team is not taking calls. i have worked there 6 years, 2 years on the phones and 4 years off them.

i want to go back to work working 4 days 1 week and 3 days the other week. they have said i can only do these hours if i go back on the phones which i really dont want to as i feel like iv just taken a step back 4 years.

so im now thinking of working full time, im quite lucky as my husband works shifts he works 7 days and has 3 days off and works some nights.

i kinda have to work full time as we want to move house (we currently live in a tiny new build apt which is not suitable) and need pennies.

im really worried that if i go back full time i will miss spending precious time with jacob and my husband.

does anyone work full time and find it difficult? how do you manage?

thanks

 

[Lulu]

Sorry no advice but didn't want to read and run. That is same tussle I'm having and have just put in a request to work part time, waiting to hear back. Hope you get something sorted out

 

[Mellage]

I had to go back to work full time after i had DS and will again after I have bump. It's one of those horrible situations, I would much rather be at home but I know that if I didnt work then we wouldnt be able to afford to have days out or buy him things when he needed them. I feel bad that i've missed out on things but I know my mum looks after him really well and we still got his first steps.

 

[Katiex]

I had to go back to work full time after i had DS and will again after I have bump. It's one of those horrible situations, I would much rather be at home but I know that if I didnt work then we wouldnt be able to afford to have days out or buy him things when he needed them. I feel bad that i've missed out on things but I know my mum looks after him really well and we still got his first steps.

thats just how i feel, doesnt help that my dh says id be better going pt on the other team, but i really dont want to do that job.
im just waiting for work to come back to me as to wether i can work ft but 9-3.30 instead of 9-5.30.
really think they will say no though.

 

[AC81]

It must be a hard decision to have to make. I went back to work part time (only 3 days a week) and I still hate every second of being away from my baby. I am earning less money, and we've had to cut back but if I'm honest I don't care because these early days are so precious and I hate missing a second. However I really don't blame you for not wanting they job they've proposed. Like you said it would be like taking a step backwards. Good luck and let us know how it goes x

Just noticed you live in Bradford - I'm over in Huddersfield!

 

[Katiex]

It must be a hard decision to have to make. I went back to work part time (only 3 days a week) and I still hate every second of being away from my baby. I am earning less money, and we've had to cut back but if I'm honest I don't care because these early days are so precious and I hate missing a second. However I really don't blame you for not wanting they job they've proposed. Like you said it would be like taking a step backwards. Good luck and let us know how it goes x

Just noticed you live in Bradford - I'm over in Huddersfield!

im just hoping i can get less hours a day then i will at least see him a bit more.

its a small world! i live other side of bradford but used to live just a few mins from j26 on m62 which is quite bit nearer huddersfield.