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Planing to join IQVIA. How is the work life balance and yearly hike in IQVIA Bangalore ?
And are they allowing to work from home ?
I have another offer that is of Airbus but there a huge difference in the fixed part (4L).
So not going with airbus and airbus is not ready to negotiate .
5.5 YOE MERN stack technology (full stack role )IQVIA
Any help will be highly appreciated as my joint date is coming closer .
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Ok girl you got this. 1. Live in the closest livable nabe to where you work. The biggest pain point is getting home on time. 2. Nanny share is common and nanny is great up to 2. If they are over 1.5 daycare is sometimes more enriching and fun for kids in a concrete jungle. In any other city you’d want them near work to minimize commute but in NY no kid wants to be at daycare in Manhattan. 3. Is it sustainable? Sadly, it SUCKS and agencies here have little empathy or even understanding of the challenges you are facing. So many single, self-focused strivers who think you’re weak and needy. But the most important thing is choose your boss wisely and don’t back down. This industry needs women with children and the more there are the better it will be.
Not gonna lie to you, life in New York with an infant is tough. Doable, but tough. Commuting is probably my biggest headache. I was recently in a job with an hour commute. I had to leave at 5 on the dot to make it home to relieve the nanny. Daycares in the city/Brooklyn don’t tend to go later than 6. It’s a constant stress. Maybe it’s easier to be out in the burbs over BK, but NJtransit is just as unreliable as the MTA really.
Yes what SD1 said! You’ll make it work! I was a 21 year old single mom when I started working agency life in NY. Find your support system (friends, neighbors, sitters). I highly recommend using a nanny share to cut down on costs. Keep a rotating list of back up sitters as well. I know plenty of couples who commute from NJ and make it work, I personally prefer being closer (Brooklyn), incase of an emergency I can jump in an Uber. Work/Life balance is tough but be honest with your manager. Try to negotiate WFH 1x a week, or whatever you need to keep your sanity.
How does commuting from NJ even work? Is it sustainable or do moms eventually end up quitting and staying closer to home? Daycare in the city or near home? Do people nanny-share there? I’ll be getting a new job in the city but there are lots of posts about advocating for balance for pickups etc so I won’t bug y’all for that. Our advertising/all work all play/ babyless existence while living there doesn’t give me much insight on how it will be when we return with our daughter and entirely different priorities.
All of the above. It REALLY helps to work with other people with kids. I’m freelance and too often I’m in a situation where no one has kids and look at me with spite as I get up at 5:15 to pick up my kid.
Build your village. Will your husband commute too? Plan for train delays, etc who will make pickups. I commute from westchester but hubby doesn’t work in city so that’s how we make it work. Yes to all of the above suggestions too. You can do it!
Work on reclaiming your time and restoring the balance one small task and with each individual issue one step at a time as you can address it. It will take time, but it can be restored.
Happy to chat directly too, feel free to message me. We moved from the city to NJ, 1 kid. You can do this!! Lots of good resources to help. Especially moms groups on Facebook. Literally only on Facebook anymore for our local moms group
Feel free to message me, but I live on a midtown direct train line commuting into NYC. It is tough, but if you live in a commuting town there tend to be more resources for commuting parents (ie daycares with longer hours, parents who get it and are willing to jump in and help, babysitter recommendations when your train is delayed, etc.) definitely would get a daycare in NJ, so that you can rely on friends and neighbors in emergencies. With all that, after I had my second, I decided to work in NJ. My husband still commutes.
I found a daycare close to home and it makes my life easy. I leave at 5 fromwork, but I don’t find it that stressful. The most stressful part was balancing pumping and working, but life is much easier since she stopped breastfeeding. I’d advocate for finding a place close to home so getting her to daycare is easy in the mornings and you don’t have to deal with commuting her long distances. Nannies aren’t as reliable. What if they call out? Set your boundaries at work and you make it work and be happy.