For those of you that work full time at home to avoid those costly childcare costs do you worry that you are create problems for your career further down the line.
It may be that before getting pregnant you had a career in a particular area, you take a 4-5 year career break to bring your child up until they are able to go to 1st school and you spend that time doing work from home but by the time you come back to your career things have moved on and you are 4 years behind. So while you have saved money by not paying out for child care you have actually managed to put back your career a bit.
Is it better to go straight back to work after maternity leave, suck up those costs and get straight back on with your career as the faster you move up the food chain the quicker you will get a higher paid role.
Maybe people were more 'forced' into going back to work after maternity because years ago there weren't all the opportunities that there are now to work and earn online from home
I suppose what I am asking is can it be damaging to your career no matter what profession you are in if you take those years off to keep those childcare costs down..
It may be that before getting pregnant you had a career in a particular area, you take a 4-5 year career break to bring your child up until they are able to go to 1st school and you spend that time doing work from home but by the time you come back to your career things have moved on and you are 4 years behind. So while you have saved money by not paying out for child care you have actually managed to put back your career a bit.
Is it better to go straight back to work after maternity leave, suck up those costs and get straight back on with your career as the faster you move up the food chain the quicker you will get a higher paid role.
Maybe people were more 'forced' into going back to work after maternity because years ago there weren't all the opportunities that there are now to work and earn online from home
I suppose what I am asking is can it be damaging to your career no matter what profession you are in if you take those years off to keep those childcare costs down..