How do career pivot put of a job that is sucking the soul out of you.
Frankly, I want to work remote and spend as much time with my kids while their still little. I cannot find a remote job in my field - either lacking in benefits or in compensation.
Anonymous
09/04/24 at 5:37PM UTC
As someone who has worked remotely for the past five years, including a stint in a hiring capacity, in my experience, you may have to make some compromises to get what you want. Remote workers are a risk - they may want to "work remotely" so they don't actually have to work - at least that's how companies often view things. Therefore, if you are just breaking into working remotely and have no prior experience doing so, you may need to compromise on your expectations a little to get some remote work experience and prove yourself to be less of a risk. While that approach sucks at first, it did work out for me long term.
Anonymous
08/31/24 at 6:58PM UTC
It's totally understandable to want to spend time with your children and it makes sense; no one on their deathbed wishes they spent more time at the office. However, a remote job is still a job and should be treated like an office job; you wouldn't bring your kids with you to the office on a regular basis, so when you're working from home, someone else should be taking care of the children. If you have a spouse, partner, or there's an older sibling who can watch the kids, perhaps you can work evenings and/or weekends at a much lower cost than having to send kids to daycare, but unless you actually work at your kids' school or daycare center, you can't really give 100% to your job and your kids at the same time.
