I got a phone call from my work the other day. Seems I’m no longer on maternity leave, I’m now a stay at home mum.
My employer has gone into receivership and I’ll soon be without a job or employer to go back to.
Odd thing is was that I didn’t really feel like going back to work there. I was taking 12 months off work (all unpaid apart from 18 weeks of government parenting payments) and then we’d evaluate the situation- can we live on one wage, do I need to go back part-time or full-time, can I get a job with better conditions elsewhere? Given the issues and the lack of support my manager gave me during the first 4 months of pregnancy, I didn’t feel any loyalty to going back there. This job was kind of my safety net if I needed to go back to work and I couldn’t get a job elsewhere.
Given that I work in IT and mostly do helpdesk/service desk, then I’m sure I’ll pick something up if/when I have to, but this wasn’t the news I wanted during the first few months of my leave.
September 19, 2011 at 3:11 pm
You could probably adjust very nicely to a status of SAHM. But, I understand that a change in job at this time can be unsettling. Good luck.
September 27, 2011 at 2:22 am
staying home is the most rewarding work i have ever had! not that you necessarily want to have someone else make that decision for you though…
hope all is going well!