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- From: CREECH@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Teresa Creech)
- Subject: Re: Is There A Mommy Track for Technical Professionals?
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- References: 1993Jan19.061356.14467@fuug.fi> <1993Jan21.212733.28090@litwin.com <9301222019.AA13412@cairo.kodak.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:14:07 GMT
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- In article <9301222019.AA13412@cairo.kodak.com>
- mbb@keps.com (Maureen Busch) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan21.212733.28090@litwin.com> dld@litwin.com (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 worked part-time for a while when my kids were younger, and I worked
- >3 days a week, partly because of the daycare, but also because of
- >the commute. It really wasn't so bad doing it that way. I worked
- >Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, so basically, I would gear up on
- >Monday evening to go on auto-pilot for the next 3 days. I found
- >working 3 days versus 5 half-days easier because it gave me bigger
- >pieces of time to work on my project, since there is always some
- >time involved in remembering where you left off and winding down at
- >a logical point. Plus, it gave the kids days where we could goof off
- >in the morning, and we would have the whole day to do whatever we
- >felt like doing.
- >
-
- I also worked part time for quite a while. It was wonderful for the family
- and me. Full days are best, but for a while I worked 3 or 4 6-hour days
- because I felt that the babies were at daycare too long if I worked a
- full day and because I could get my oldest daughter off to school and greet
- her when she came home.
-
- >My time spent on part-time was not nearly as wonderful for my career
- >as it was for my home and family life, however. While it is true
- >that there are many wonderful companies out there that are supportive
- >of these kinds of arrangements, the fact is that it will only work
- >for *you* as well as your immediate management allows it to work.
-
- true
-
- >For me, it meant I only got to work on the things nobody else wanted,
-
- that isn't necessarily the case. I kept my regular work.
-
- >and I was viewed as not being "dedicated" since I wasn't always there.
-
- I put in 'overtime'. I did meet my deadlines. I don't *think* that I
- was viewed as not being dedicated.
-
- >That time did not count at all towards being promoted to the next level.
-
- True. I am 'behind' people (men and women) who are my age, with the same
- education, and who started at the company about the same time I did. I
- knew this would happen and it's a choice I made. I didn't mind so much.
- What I did mind was not getting raises.
-
- >It has taken a long time to undo some of those perceptions. It was
- >worth it since the time with my kids was wonderful, but I would be
-
- agreed
-
- >lying if I claimed I felt no bitterness toward certain individuals
- >and their treatment of me. (BTW, I never missed a day of work when
- >I was working 3 days/week)
- >
- >Maureen Busch (mbb@keps.com)
-