From the article: 6 Steps to a Schedule With Flexible Hours
Does anybody really love her work schedule? Actually, yes! But even more people hate their work schedule and long for the flexibility to set their own work hours. Please share the things you love -- or hate -- about your work schedule here. Share Your Experience
Love my flexible schedule!
- I work full-time but I have a very flexible work schedule, including the ability to work remotely. I have the World's Best Boss and the ability to have this arrangement is worth so much to me!
- —Guest OrangeFish
LOVE: Split Shift 30/10
- I have a split shift and a flexible schedule. I work 30 hours/week in the office, which coincides exactly with the hours my kids go to school. Then I work an additional 10 hours/week from home, any hours I want. Typically I do this in 3 nights per week after my kids have gone to bed and sometimes a few hours on Saturday. That way I still have 2 nights a week off to hang w/hubby (who works most nights anyway) or chill w/friends or just whatever. I don't have to pay for daycare this way either! I can be with my kids when they are home and they can hang with me while I'm working on my laptop on the sofa. Best of both worlds!
- —Guest Melissa
work schedule
- Since having a baby I work 4 days a week - which is great! I love having the extra day home, usually it is a Friday. I hate that the other four days, I don't get a ton of time with my baby though! I have about a 40 minute commute, leave around 8:30 and get home usually around 6:40. Wish I had a bit more time in the evening before her 8:00 bedtime. But, we definitely do get good quality time together at least, and I try hard to make our extra day of the week really special. In an ideal world, I would be able to telecommute 1 day per week to be able to get a bit more time in the morning and evenings with her.
- —Guest Casey K
Full Time, But Flexible
- I work full-time, at least 50 - 60 hours a week, but I am the manager/owner of the company so I can come and go as I choose. Generally, I start my day after 9 am and all the school/camp drop-offs and leave the office at 5:30 to get home for dinner (cooked by my husband). I spend the evening with the kids and generally go back to work after they go to bed. It works for me - not always perfectly - because I like my job as much as I love my family so it is not as stressful as when I hated my job. However, I am very lucky because (1) my husband is supportive and takes on half of the household duties and (2) I have the flexibility to take a morning or a day off whenever I want to.
- —Guest Guest EGL
30 hour week
- I work 30 hours a week in an office, pretty much any days and times I want from Monday to Friday. I have full time care for both kids. Love the flexibility and time to do errands on my own or take one kid to a class. Makes weekends much less hectic.
- —Guest VA mom of 2
4 days/week is perfect
- My workplace and boss have been very flexible. I have Fridays off so have a day to myself to exercise, do errands, general puttering. Just having a precious few hours of discretionary time makes the rest of the hectic week a bit more tolerable. That said, I'm also very flexible if something comes up at work and I need to switch a day or cover for something. To me,it's fairness on both sides.
- —Guest VAmom
i don't mind it, but i only have 1 kid
- i work from 7 to 4:30 for a federal agency. i work 9.5 hour days so that i can have every other friday off to spend with him. however, since i need to be at my desk at 7, i am gone before my son wakes up. so my husband does the morning routine with him, and i do the afternoon. this really works for us. my husband didn't get any one-on-one time with evan before i went back to work, and the two of them have now really bonded. plus i feel that we are now truly co-parents since we both have times when we are solely responsible for evan's well-being. it's a long day but i am off by mid-afternoon to get him, his daycare is walking distance from my office AND on the Mall so we often go out and sit out there and enjoy the sunshine and watch all the people, which he loves. i am not sure how well this will all work when we have a second child, but for now, my work schedule is fine with me.
- —Guest evansmommy
Working from home is the best!
- Working from home isn't for the faint of heart: you need discipline, and you won't get paid to hang out at the water cooler. In fact, there IS no water cooler! :) You also won't be chatting with friends unless you do this digitally, but the rewards make it all worthwhile. You get to work as much or as little as you want (of course, you get paid more for working more), and you can spend more time with your family because you're not spending hours commuting to work. You'll be commuting from the upstairs bedroom to the downstairs home office.
- —Linda.longisland
Work from home
- I work two part time jobs and I'm a full time mom to two little boys, including one with a disability. Being able to be home with my family when they need me is priceless so my work schedule is perfect for me. I am a nurse but I was able to find a job where I can do telephone triage nursing for a major Children's hospital from my home. I work 3 evenings a week out of my home office while my husband is home to watch the kids. I also work as a freelance writer, so I am able to fit my writing in when my children are napping or sleeping at night. If we had all the money we needed, I would go down to just one part time job, but that is just not feasible right now so what I have is perfect.
- —KristinaDuda
Flexibility!
- I was able to schedule my work hours so that I split my day between mornings and evenings. This allows me to be home every afternoon from 3:00 to 6:00 and stay on top of my children's busy lives.
- —Guest janine
Flexible work schedule
- I work a 90% work schedule, which includes working 4 hours on Friday from home. This allows me to do laundry and pick up the house a bit before the weekend while still working. The other days, I have a reasonably flexible schedule -- not "real" flex time, but if I need to get in late or leave early, I can just tack the extra time on the other end. But I also have a job that sometimes requires me to go back to work at night on the computer, even after putting in an 8 hour day, so mainly I feel like every second of my life is spoken for in some way or other.
- —Guest JG
Love four days a week
- I love working four days a week, with full-time child care. That extra day off gives me a chance to take a music or art class with one child, to exercise, get errands done, or even just relax with a book. It's amazing for my mental health.
- —MdMomof3
