As a work-from-home mom, I feel invisible.
“I can’t because I’m at work,” says his father, who works abroad up to two-thirds of the month and long days the rest of the time.
Related Video: How ‘Fixer Upper’ Working Mom Joanna Gaines Handles it AllExcept I do work. From the minute I rush home from school drop-offs to the absolute last minute before picking up my 2-year-old and 4-year-old, I’m at my computer, filling every billable minute I can. If there’s an emergency — which there often is, as 4-year-olds seem to bump their heads at recess a lot — I drop everything and pick him up early.
I don’t “go” to work because I work off a laptop balanced on my knees, curled on the sofa or bed. I don’t have work friends, I don’t have any amusing stories that happened at work, and my little victories in negotiating higher hourly rates don’t make much sense to children who don’t understand money yet. I stopped working in front of my eldest son when he was about 12 months old and would get between me and my standing desk and push at my knees until I had to step away from my laptop.
A review of the data on the gig economy concluded that fewer women than men earned more as freelancers than salaried employees, and that women were more likely to prioritize control over a flexible schedule than pay. The missing information here is why women prioritize this way. Is it because they are more likely to have to fit a job around their children? I only have limited anecdotal evidence to go by, from a three-month remote job I did this year for the automation industry.
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