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personally it's hard to do consulting without one parent taking the brunt of many caregiving duties. but also killing it? that means that family is probably getting the short stick for you to dedicate your time to work.
I hear ya. I was in consulting for a while and took an internal role after my second pregnancy. I had 2 under 2 and there was no way I could make that work.
for me personally, I had 11 years of consulting and honestly didn't care for it anymore so it was an easy decision.
that was years ago and I will say it does get easier with time especially once they are in school. good luck!
Yes! We have 4. I am an attorney.
My sister also has 4. Her older 2 are 13 and 11 now. They help out with the younger that are 4 and 2. She is an RN and he is a Pilot. They have hired help on occasion or my mom helps. The good thing is he works 3 days a week and she works 3 days a week. So they can manage. And those 3 days are full time for them.
You can do it! You will just need to outsource a lot of things meal delivery, laundry, school pickups, etc. to free up the most limited resource time! But if you’re someone that wants to have control over all things home, then no.
I’m not personally there but thinking of some really successful MDs in my firm, many of them have more than 2 kids (both male and female). A couple of them have more than 5 and still are killing it in their career. I do not know enough of the upbringing of their kids or their spouses’ career situation though. It’s definitely possible.
It depends. Are you a full time stay at home mom? Yes, of course you can do it. It will be hard but you can do it.
Do you have hired help? Yes of course you can do it. Might be a little easier but you got this!
Both working, no help? That will be very hard and might not be possible?
Husband and I worked remotely 2022. We had our daughter, no help. It was hard with just 1. Now we have a second one and couldn't do it. My mom helps us Tuesdays and Thursdays. We go to the office and get as much work as possible done. Mon, Wed, and Fri we work from home.
We have to log insuper early sometimes or log out super late, or work on the weekends. But drives us is we always wanted more than 1. That this will not last forever. Soon they will go to school. And everything will work out.
Workst case we decided if it get really bad I'll quit and stay at home until they go to school. So far we have been able to manage.
SAHM, I don’t think I could ever be one. I was so overwhelmed while on maternity leave. I was bored and tired at the same time and so lonely.
I’m working full time in consulting and hoping to continue at my current company or find an industry job that allows remote work. I have one kiddo and one on the way. Husband is in healthcare so he’s gone most of the time on call. It’s been hard with just this one, but somehow we’ve managed without dependable family around.
I grew up an only kid so I’ve always wanted a large family, I just don’t know if it’s realistic with my career option and spouse option and lack of consistent help. But I’m also thinking worst case I’ll quit too