So you have heard about the benefits of being a (work at home MOM) WAHM or opt for flexible working options, but before attempting to take the plunge, make sure you have your 'realistic glasses'. These work-family friendly options are not without limits.
Take a quiz and see if options work-home / work Part-time options are for you:
(1) Are that you should contribute to more than 60% of monthly income household?
(2) Power confronting colleagues and for spending hours lunch with colleagues and an important part of your desktop experience?
(3) You hoping to get a promotion after working for a year?
(4) Are - what you waiting for earning equivalent at least 70% of your monthly income drawn last?
(5) Even if you work from home, are you able to seek help child care (such as excessive, home childcare, mothering helping) during certain hours of work?
(6) You are comfortable with the ability to suffer adverse reactions of colleagues and clients?
(7) You're disciplined person who sets goals monthly or weekly for yourself?
(8) If a part-time employment / self-employment is not as "high-leveled" as in the previous positions, you will always be?
If you answer 'Yes' to more than 4 of the above questions, then seriously may wish to reconsider on part-time work.
The truth is: part-time work will be ever able to generate the same income as employed full-time.Many mothers, it is actually a huge problem - and that we need to discuss with other members of the family before making a decision.
Realistic, most of the part-time (even if they are professional or General level) are not high ranking positions.You are not likely to manage personnel or take assignments that require significant time commitment.
Work part-time or at home may also cause some dissatisfaction among your colleagues, who could assess your arrangement as unjust u.n. ' being not step into the Office for the day also means less 'binding time' with your colleagues.It is probably less likely you can create solid friendships in such conditions of work, and this isolation can result in solitude.(As a WAHM told me, it feels heavy adult conversation 5 days a week!)
Home work does not solve your problem of childcare comme any parent knows, children sometimes need attention indivise.donc, unless you are prepared to multi-task (and many do), it will be a challenge for your timelines to complete your tasks ménagères.Chrysanthèmes WAHM or part-time work must be very organized and plan their activities quotidiennes.Temps becomes still more than a challenge to manage.
Singapore (and most of Asia) is still very new in the development of part-time working arrangements / work-of-home to the mères.Cela may cause employers cannot clearly result in separate working arrangements clear of decisions concerning (i) (ii) to (iii) compensation workload part-time possibilités.À promotions / WAHM can sometimes be passed for .Parfois advancement opportunities you could also respond to employers that make up the misconception that part-time is less engaged or not also précieuses.La workload can be often too for a part-timer (which is actually a full-timer job)
Having said all this, it is undeniable that home work arrangements or part-time work options are always the best means to achieve conciliation work - family .donc question is: you are ready to take the plunge?
The author is the founder of mums@Work (Singapore), a portal for moms who are seeking work-family balance thanks to flexible work options, or setup of the small entreprises.Elle organizes workshops on coaching career and Mumpreneur.Pour corporate information, you can visit http://www.mumsatwork.net
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