I'm not doing so great either. My new PM is very different to my old one and keeps asking me "so what hours are you doing on Monday and Tuesday this week?" Which is when i work from home... but it wasn't the arrangement... I'm supposed to be making up my 8 hours as I am able, around kids and sleep and stuff. He needs me to be available for conference calls and wants to see me online etc... So I spend all of Mon/Tue feeling anxious that I haven't done enough, been visible enough, then Wednesday I think "I'll just quickly check my email.." Seeing as it is right there...

So I'm basically working 5 days but only getting paid for 3. I'm not keeping all the balls in the air and things are getting forgotten. I'm stressed and grumpy and not being a good mum Not good.

Reached a point where DH was almost going to chuck in the business and go work in the mines so I could resign... But that doesn't solve anything really, so we won't do that.

I think when my ILs are back from overseas we will switch things up... DH can stay home with the kids on Mondays and I can make that my full work day so that I don't need to stress about being online Tue/Wed.

In other news, I don't think I've even gotten an interview for the L&D role, it closed last Thurs and they said they would contact all successful applicants within a week.

Back to the drawing board...

Teeki - I feel your pain. You need to talk to someone about your workload, or, find yourself something else. Or... Do I dare use the Q word? Lol.

Our employer seems to spout being family friendly etc but when it comes to the crunch... People have mixed experiences. I think a lot of it depends on your manager and your role. Hang in there...

I'm about to lose phone reception so I'd better post and come back later...