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I am in a similar situation, and while this is not a pay cut - it is lower than I wanted (I took a 30K pay cut for my current position, which I am leaving). I

by phlux 15y ago

I am in a similar situation, and while this is not a pay cut - it is lower than I wanted (I took a 30K pay cut for my current position, which I am leaving). I will be working from home, and the pay will be roughly the same - but I wanted to see how others valued the working from home.

nickzoic 15y ago
I was going to make a longer reply, but then I noticed this, and my reply reduces to: * Getting to actually see your kid: priceless. If you're out of the house 7am - 7pm, all you're going to see of your kid are asleep (cute but boring) or awake (go back to sleep!). If that's what you've got to do, that's what you've got to do, but if there's an alternative that's pretty cool. Whereas if you're only gone 9 'til 5, you've got a couple of little windows there where you actually get to have fun with them. Plus lunch. The downside is that it is pretty easy to get distracted. You'll need to set up some kind of office environment, and work out how to make it work for you. Good luck!
- HedgeMage 15y ago
  It's not just non-work time you get to share when you work at home! My 8yo has a small work table in my office; he comes home from school, opens up the backpack, and we work together (my job, his homework) for a while. He usually checks up on what I'm working on -- I was lucky enough to have a mini-hacker who not only comes to tech conferences with me, but spoke at his first one at age 7. He has a play room just off my office, too, so even when we are doing our own things, we're together-ish. I find it decidedly suboptimal that our society insulates young people from work until their late teens or early 20's, then expects them to suddenly and magically become good workers. Raising my kid around my work is a huge plus, in terms of his preparation for life, his understanding why mommy works even though it takes time away from him, and increasing the time we get to spend together.

by phlux 15y ago

nickzoic 15y ago

I was going to make a longer reply, but then I noticed this, and my reply reduces to: * Getting to actually see your kid: priceless. If you're out of the house 7am - 7pm, all you're going to see of your kid are asleep (cute but boring) or awake (go back to sleep!). If that's what you've got to do, that's what you've got to do, but if there's an alternative that's pretty cool. Whereas if you're only gone 9 'til 5, you've got a couple of little windows there where you actually get to have fun with them. Plus lunch. The downside is that it is pretty easy to get distracted. You'll need to set up some kind of office environment, and work out how to make it work for you. Good luck!

HedgeMage 15y ago
It's not just non-work time you get to share when you work at home! My 8yo has a small work table in my office; he comes home from school, opens up the backpack, and we work together (my job, his homework) for a while. He usually checks up on what I'm working on -- I was lucky enough to have a mini-hacker who not only comes to tech conferences with me, but spoke at his first one at age 7. He has a play room just off my office, too, so even when we are doing our own things, we're together-ish. I find it decidedly suboptimal that our society insulates young people from work until their late teens or early 20's, then expects them to suddenly and magically become good workers. Raising my kid around my work is a huge plus, in terms of his preparation for life, his understanding why mommy works even though it takes time away from him, and increasing the time we get to spend together.