This is because the managers, on six-figure salaries, decide we need to save a load of money so want to sack secretaries, who earn a pittance. After tax, <£1000 a month. And they can't be bothered to go through the job descriptions we did the other year, they just want us to do it all again. I just can't believe that people honestly think I have 2 hours to fill out a stupid form!

I can't wait for maternity leave either and really hope I leave soon after I go back. Or I get made redundant with a huge pay-off in about a year so can't go back. That sounds awful, as for the main I do love my work, just I think I'll go back for 6 months then leave and teacher train - I'll get a lot more money once I've done that and we'll be more used to living on the teacher training wage after my maternity leave. DH wants a large gap between children now (sigh) so I should have enough time to train and find a job and work there for a year before getting pregnant again.

Then again, that's all form-filling too. Oh, I hope DH finds a hugely paid job and I don't have to go back at all!