Balancing work, family, and the mental load.
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Manager offered me a director role last week. Better pay, better title, more prestige. But the hours are insane and I'd have to travel 3 weeks a month. My oldest has soccer, my dau
Took 6 weeks off after our third kid was born and it was amazing. Got to be there for everything. But now I'm back in the office and I'm watching my wife juggle everything alone wh
My job is incredibly stressful lately. Layoffs happening, unrealistic deadlines, toxic manager. I come home frustrated and irritable and take it out on my wife and kids for stupid
Been working from home for 2 years now and I thought it would be perfect. Turns out my boss expects me to be available 24/7 and my kids think I'm not really 'at work' so they inter
I have 8 weeks off and I should be exhausted but honestly it's amazing to just be here. Newborn screaming at 3am doesn't even bother me because it's my kid and I'm not stressed abo
Had a chance to move up last month but it would've meant traveling like 40% of the time. My kids are still young and I didn't want to miss their childhood for more money. Wife was
Working from home since my youngest was born and it's not the blessing everyone says it is. My boss expects me to be available same as before but my kid needs me during the day. My
I took 6 weeks when my second was born and I have zero regrets even though my boss made me feel guilty about it. First week was chaos, second week I actually got the hang of things
I provide for my family, I'm there most evenings and weekends, but I still feel like I'm failing because I'm not there for every moment. My wife says I'm being ridiculous but the m
That's terrible to say right? I have two kids and a mortgage but the job was destroying me. 60+ hour weeks, constant stress, and I was becoming someone my kids didn't recognize. I'
Since we went permanent WFH I've been able to eat lunch with my kids, help with homework right after school, and actually be present. Before this I was doing 90 minute commutes bot
Before kids I was grinding hard, taking every project that came up, staying late, traveling to client sites. Now my manager keeps asking me to lead this big initiative that would r
Got back from my 8 weeks of parental leave yesterday and man, jumping back into emails was brutal. My boss had this stack of projects waiting and acted like I'd been gone for a yea
Been working from home for 2 years now and I actually get to eat lunch with my kids sometimes and help with school pickup on Tuesdays. Just got the mandate that we need to be in of
Just got back from 4 weeks with my newborn and I'm already dreading going back full time. Those weeks were exhausting but also incredible. My wife could actually sleep and recover
I had to miss my son's soccer game yesterday because of a client call that ran over. He didn't say much but I could tell he noticed I wasn't there. I make decent money now after th
Been remote for 2 years now and honestly I don't know how I did it before. Being home means I can actually eat lunch with my kids instead of stress eating at my desk. Yeah I still
I work from home and its great for seeing the kids at lunch but my manager keeps texting me at 6pm about work stuff. Last Friday I was helping my son with homework and got called i
Director role opened up at my company and I would have crushed it. But it meant traveling 2 weeks a month. My kids are 4 and 7 and they need me here. I told my boss no thanks and y
So I took 4 weeks off when my second son was born and it was amazing but now I'm back at work for 2 days and I feel like I'm failing at everything. My boss already piled on three p