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"You don't have a nanny, at least hire a cheap cleaner?" - My jerk boss to me when I made 52k my first year.
When I was in my first year, my senior associate told me that I would need to make some sacrifices.
Yeah I’ll be honest, I’m just not a very present parent during busy season. I try to make up for it in the summer/off season, but it’s hard during this time of year when I work 12-14 hour days.
If I have the weekend off I spend the entire weekend with my kiddo
I am the same. Busy season I do what needs to be done, and then in the off season I spend more time with my family. My dad was a CPA and I grew up like this, from January to April I barely saw him, but I knew he was doing what needed to be done so it was fine.
Wife stays at home and does the vast majority of household work/taking care of the kids. Two working parents is so hard
Thank you! And I'll be able to max out retirement accounts and start saving aggressively for their college. I'm so excited and blessed how things are working out, but it definitely took patience and humbleness while I made my career 2nd.
I break up my day. I leave the office at a reasonable hour, spend time with my family, eat dinner together, then I remote in and work at night.
I have a reduced schedule (75%) so I don't usually work more than 35-40 hours/week and my husband's job is pretty 9-5 and also flexible. I wouldn't still be working this job with 3 kids if I was full-time...unless my husband was stay-at-home.
Do u feel like this is sustainable in the long run? I'm also on a reduced schedule but sometimes partners want /need things and I have my kids at home (toddler and infant). I just don't know if it will work in the long run....thoughts?
Agreed. Do you have a partner, and if so, can they help pick up more during this season? Can you financially do a flex schedule? Is the rest of the year ok?
Glad everyone is being honest. The only options are give up any of your own time ever to spend a little time at the end of a normal day and work super late. Weekends same deal so really no time for yourself. Or your spouse needs to handle the family or hire someone to handle them. Workloads are insane right now