Assistant Financial Accountant plus part-time Uni student. Almost completed my degree before DD1 came along. I do and don't miss it. Don't miss the politics, but then being a parent has its own type of politics.
When I fell pg with DD1, I had just started a job waitressing at a relatively upmarket local restaurant... it was kind of sad when I found out I was pg and knew I would be leaving, because the boss was an absolute champ and the other staff were really nice, I was quite enjoying the work and the environment despite the horrible hours (split shifts from 5:30am-10am, then again from 5:30pm until the last customers left and the place was cleaned up, sometimes as late as 2am).
Before that, I'd just worked in retail and hospitality (bartending, flogging CDs and DVDs at Sanity, delivering pizzas lol, that kind of stuff - anything for a bit of 'pocket money'), after a short stint in hairdressing (8 months of unpaid work experience at a local salon - I loooooved doing it but the owner of the shop had a baby and decided to sell up so she could focus on her new family, and the new owner already had staff at the ready so I was out on my backside - they could have had me for free!!).
I'm intending on going back to TAFE to finish off my beauty therapy, hairdressing and nail tech qualifications when I get into a good routine with DD2, I'm really keen on getting back into that industry when the time comes to put on the 'working mum' hat
LOL Erin - we would be able to work together with our jobs! I used to work for our local newspaper doing all the graphics and advertising layout once the person doing your job passed them onto me. I also did the Editors job when the editor was away on holidays etc. There was also a lot of commercial printing thrown in too and I have published a book. It was an awesome job and I loved it. Before that I was a dental nurse
Before being a SAHM i was a sales and service consultant in a bank. I do not miss the work (or my boss) at all, but i do miss all my work mates and helping the customers...
Wow, some of you had some really interesting and challenging jobs before motherhood. Sometimes it seems that people forget we had a whole different life before our kiddies came along. I used to be a lawyer. We recently bought a new house and during the contract signing stage, DH made a comment about me checking the documentation and the agent didn't believe that I used to be a lawyer! Just because we are mums now doesn't mean that we didn't have a completely different life beforehand! And I agree with you all, this is definitely the hardest job but also the most rewarding. My old job certainly never gave me all the kisses and cuddles that DD does!
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