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Topic: Another Work Thread
Posted By: MissAngel
Subject: Another Work Thread
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:15pm
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So I want to go back to work. I'm sick of sitting around all day with Thomas doing nothing. The problem is that I only want to get out for a few days a week, and the only places that have jobs available are the warehouse and new world which both require you to work weekends. I dont work weekends. Its bad enough that i've been a nail tech for 15 years and I cant go do it because I need to work full time for that (and no, I dont want to do it from home or mobile) and i'm gonna have to take a crappy wage that the other places offer. Can you specify with supermarkets and the warehouse the days you can work? will they only take you on if you can work a weekend and evenings? Matt reckons he's going to do the childcare at home, which will consist of Thomas being stuck in the corner of Matts office all day - its the only option really, I have no friends, no money of my own and I'm bored to death. I need a job to solve all this!!! Advice = great.
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:22pm
| You can specify, but the people who say they can work weekends (or nights) are more likely to be employed, simply because they're harder to get with the pay that they offer - most teenagers don't want to work weekends or nights because they want a social life, so it's finding people who will fill in those blanks. |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:31pm
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Some places will do a swap with you that maybe you work every second weekend (only one day) or one weekend a month. If it's what you need to do to go and work, then I guess you have to think long and hard about that.
For me, I am currently earning $10 an hour less than what I'm qualified to earn, in a boring, dead-end job, working by myself in a stuffy room where I don't see the outside world all day... but it pays the bills and I would quite happily keep the damn job for the next wee while as I am very, very lucky to still have it (although ask me again in a few months and I'll be saying something different... redundancies left, right and centre). Unfortunately we're in a job market where employers can be picky, so employees have to be flexible if they want the work. 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:37pm
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Just curious....but are you not enjoying the time with your baby? Have you thought about joining some mums groups or going to mainly music or something like that? They are really cheap...like maybe $2 a session.
Is there a reason you don't want to work from home? (sorry if that is too nosey) I work from home and normally book appointments with clients (i am in travel in case you were thinking something else :o) ) when my boy is having a sleep or later in the evening. That would save your baby being put in the corner of your partners office. I can't imagine that is going to work well anyway when he is on the move! Surely the warehouse or a supermarket doesn't pay much more than the minimum wage which the nail places you were refering to would legaly have to pay you...It seems a shame to not do what you have been trained to do...and I imagine are pretty good at if you have been doing it for 15 years! ......there is no harm in applying for those jobs and stating the times you are prepared to work. You never kinow if you don't ask. Good luck ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:48pm
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Could you not try job sharing? ..
I know quite a few peope who job share one role .. one works three days the other two etc etc. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 8:48pm
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Great questions JD :)
I dont always enjoy time with Thomas, no. Its the same thing every day without reprive. I still suffer from PND, so it's partially to do with that and partially to do with just myself. dont get me wrong, doesnt mean I love him any less :) I dont like all those kiddy things, I'd prefer to do what my mum did to me and let him develop at his own pace. I cant work from home because a) i dont have anywhere to do it and b) the smell isnt healthy for Thomas. That and you never know when he's going to wake! Theres enough at-home techs around here anyway. When Thomas is at school i'll go to work full time. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 9:41pm
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I didn't know you had PND...obviously you have to look after yourself and do what is best for you :)
I never would have thought of the fumes from the nail thing.....good call there :) I have found since my boy has been walking...he is just non stop all day...busy, busy, busy and I have to get out of the house and so something with him or I go crazy at home. I don't go to heaps of things, but I do have a range of things to keep us both entertained. I meet with my antenatal group once a week which is really good. We meet at a parent and child centre and just chat while the kids play. Its not too OTT and its nice for DS to have a range of other things/kids to play with. We also go to 'tumbling tots' which is just another energy burner really. I also walk with a friend once a week. I wouldn't go for walks normally, but going with a friend is quite good. Im not sure getting a job will 'solve' how your are feeling, but may help with a change of scenery I guess. I think it is quite common for mums to find it hard with the huge adjustment to their life...as in giving up their career and social life to stay at home all day! What about trying a clothing shop? Most of them don't open at night (or where I live they dont), and you might get away with just an occasional rostered Saturday. All the best to you whatever happens :o) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 March 2009 at 9:48pm
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i worked at Pak N Save. i thought it would be mind numbing, and that i would work weekends - I didn't. they have school kids to do that and needed work day people. i worked 11-30 - 4:30 Tuesday, wednesday nad thursday.
as for the work. i really enjoyed it. chatted to people and tried to pack trolleys like tetris. it was fun. i would approach places and ask. worse they can say is no. Also, we needed the money, but more than that, i needed a bit of time as "Liz' not "jake and taine's mum" |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 1:51pm
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What about a home based educator?
Or mystery shopper? ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 5:21pm
| Gosh I wish I had the same feelings for going back to work - I am absolutely gutted at having to go back to work in the next couple of weeks and am wishing like everything that I didn't have to go - I love spending time with bubs and take her out every day and she loves this too. Have you talked to someone about your PND? Like the others have said have a look at what is out there - you never know someone may be able to offer you the kind of hours you are after. Good luck. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 7:19pm
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I was wondering if you might be able to pick up some office work at a local playcentre - quite often they will have small paid office positions during the week.
Otherwise I would look at marketing the nail tech thing as a wedding thing. Can you do make-up as well? I know you said you didn't want to go mobile but that would at least give you the flexibility you are wanting - and probably working on Fridays/Saturdays only. -------------  |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 7:30pm
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To be honest the last thing I want to do is work around other peoples children :) It's funny, my husband suggested going on the list for weddings. It would pay a lot better than supermarkets.
In regards to the PND my GP knows I have it and suggested for me to go on prozac. Dont wanna do it im afraid. I deal with it in my own way, and if it means that I just have to leave Thomas with my husband and go out by myself for a few hours by myself then I do that instead.. bugger being on medication :o ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 9:56pm
I've been a checkout chick, it's how I paid my way thru uni (and funded my social life as a teenager  ) and in my experience, you just put on the application form what days/hours you are available for work and then they call you when they need someone for some/all of those hours.
I also worked as a merchandiser for Kodak for a while one summer holidays, that was good money for easy work and part time hours, and I worked in a call centre, which might be another option for you. I'm not sure Thomas being stuck in a corner of your DH's office will work too well tho. I worked from home when the gremlins were tiny and pretty much fit it in around their sleeps. But once they got to about 8 mths and were sleeping less and more active, I had to find alternative care for them coz they were driving me mad, and I wasn't getting enough work done. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 05 March 2009 at 9:36am
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Also if you were wanting to work as a nail tech, I know lots of places that do rent per seat.
Is that an option? That way you get to charge your prices and keep your clients and just pay an amount per day for your chair/space. -------------  
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 05 March 2009 at 10:30am
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Its way too expensive :) I'd have to work full time hours to be able to afford that! :)
------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 06 March 2009 at 4:44pm
| Hi I was just reading an article - have a look at babyblues.co.nz it may be of interest. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 06 March 2009 at 6:46pm
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Really! I know at least two nail techs that do it that way and they only work 2 days a week. Maybe look around as I am sure the costs vary. Also you could look at approaching salons etc with the idea in mind and price you are willing to pay. I know lots of places are getting tight and might like some extra cash coming in. -------------
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 March 2009 at 9:10pm
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I was a McDonalds chick back in the day and when i was younger I was hapy to work the weekend as it did fund my first year out of school at the pubs almost every weekend. We had mums that worked at McDonalds and filled the morning shifts as it was easy for them and they needed them to fill those shifts. When I left school I asked if I could have every second weekend off as I needed to for myself and my boss was happy to work around me. You could state that you have a child and because of that can't work every weekend but the odd 1 day in a weekend could maybe work. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |