Now, you would think that having a paying job (as well as all the other stuff you do, which roughly equates to five jobs anyway...but thats a blog post for another day!) would mean that you would be better off financially.
When you sit down and work out the cost of actually going back to work, decent clothes that aren't elasticated and designed not to show childrens food and mess, shoes that look smart rather than comfy, travel, childcare, and take out for dinner on days when you just havent got to the supermarket or are not home....it means financially you barely break even.
Its actually cheaper to stay home, and then as a bonus you don't have anyone moaning at you because the dry cleaning isn't picked up, or the printers out of ink, or clothes aren't ironed on the right day, or we're out of the right t-bags, or the house is a bomb site.
You can hardly blame parents for staying home can you? It's the cheaper option!
I know a woman who's salary just barely covered the caretaker fees for her 3 kids, so she quit...and they're actually saving more money.
ReplyDeleteyou see this is the problem, the government makes all the right noises about getting people back into work, but don't provide whats needed.
ReplyDeleteSadly Sally this is true. Don't know how you do it all though, really I don't . . ? xxXXxx
ReplyDeleteit's so true.. sad, but true!
ReplyDeleteHey, go for it, probably better to stay home.
ReplyDeleteYou're SO right! The area we live in has absolutely no options (or open jobs!) for me... aside from serving food at the local fast food restaurants. And I'm definitely not beneath doing that. However, the cost of child care would be more than I would make. Then, as you mention, traveling to and from work and not always having the time to cook dinner.... the expenses add up! Unless the pay from that job is exceptional, when you have little one's who need day care, it's just not worth it!
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