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From: [e-mail] (Beth Weiss)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: Is There A Mommy Track for Technical Professionals?
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Date: 22 Jan 93 16:06:56 GMT
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[e-mail] (Deanna Delapasse) writes:
|> I'm curious about half-time versus 3 days a week part-time
|> employment.  The astronomical day-care prices make part-time
|> unaffordable (you pay full price if you're there at all),
|> but every other day seems tougher on the Mom.  What do you
|> think ??

I work three days a week (MWF all day).  Due to the nature
of my job (academic), that doesn't mean that I'm off
Tuesday/Thursday as much as it means that I just don't go in
those days.  I sometimes work from home on my off days
(including weekends), and occasionally come in those days
(bringing baby with).

Day-care is still expensive.  Jordan is in an in-home
arrangement.  She charges $2/hour for part-time, $1.60/hour
for full-time, so I pay $60 for 3 days (as opposed to $80
for 5).

On the other hand, I have two days a week where I don't
really _have_ to do anything.  If I had a job that didn't
reach out and grab all the time I would give it (i.e. a
scheduled office job of some sort), then I really would only
be working every other day.

--Beth Weiss
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