**please don't jump at me for this, it was not my intention or plan, I love my current job but the circumstances have pushed me to ask this question**
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has left your job straight after paid maternity leave to start another (closer to home/crèche) job?
I feel awful to be in this position - I had arranged a childminder when u was 8 weeks pregnant who I could afford who could take the baby at 7.30am which gave me enough time to comute in to start at 9am. And similar would keep the baby until 7pm(ish) which allowed me to comute home after a 5.30 finish.
No remote working option.
But now the childminder has pulled out with only 12 weeks to go before I return to work, and every creche in Dublin seems to be fully booked up, except for one which is right beside my house, which only opens 8.30 to 5.30 (don't ask me why, how is anyone suppose to work 9 to 5.30?!)....but I guess I could make that work if I found a 9 to 5 job closer to home. (this is just my thinking out loud)
My job paid me maternity leave while I was off and my contract states that I've to come back after mat leave for 6 months.
I was wondering if there's anyone who's been in my position before? Did your job make you work the 6 months? I physically can't, unless u can bring my child to work with me lol
Or did they make you pay them back the money they paid you on mat leave? Which I cannot afford upfront - Will they let me do a payment plan of like 10e a week?!
I've started applying for jobs locally but I don't want to waste my time only for my company to enforce me to return, or pay them back (which I can't afford to so will have to go back)
Any thoughts? Thank you
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has left your job straight after paid maternity leave to start another (closer to home/crèche) job?
I feel awful to be in this position - I had arranged a childminder when u was 8 weeks pregnant who I could afford who could take the baby at 7.30am which gave me enough time to comute in to start at 9am. And similar would keep the baby until 7pm(ish) which allowed me to comute home after a 5.30 finish.
No remote working option.
But now the childminder has pulled out with only 12 weeks to go before I return to work, and every creche in Dublin seems to be fully booked up, except for one which is right beside my house, which only opens 8.30 to 5.30 (don't ask me why, how is anyone suppose to work 9 to 5.30?!)....but I guess I could make that work if I found a 9 to 5 job closer to home. (this is just my thinking out loud)
My job paid me maternity leave while I was off and my contract states that I've to come back after mat leave for 6 months.
I was wondering if there's anyone who's been in my position before? Did your job make you work the 6 months? I physically can't, unless u can bring my child to work with me lol
Or did they make you pay them back the money they paid you on mat leave? Which I cannot afford upfront - Will they let me do a payment plan of like 10e a week?!
I've started applying for jobs locally but I don't want to waste my time only for my company to enforce me to return, or pay them back (which I can't afford to so will have to go back)
Any thoughts? Thank you