What Jobs Do Other Parents on Here Do for School Hours?

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      serpserpserp on 06/11/2023 - 12:24

      Same here. It is close and it's probably 20-30 minutes a day to pick up the kids. Where with commuting I waste 2 hours a day. So in reality I have my bum in the seat for more minutes a day then when at the office.

      Everyone at my work who is in the office everyday at work do less hours. They only go in because a. They are senior management and want to be like the other senior managers or b. Do it for social or learning reasons. No one does it so they can work more efficiently (except for the new starters maybe)

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  Roman Sandstorm on 04/11/2023 - 18:52

  +1

  I am surprised, this being OzBargain, that the OP has not been unmercifully shredded for not sufficiently planning in advance.

  After all, children don't mysteriously and suddenly turn up with one day's notice. Producing offspring is a conscious and deliberate decision in life, and surely all of us (moralising and oh-so-superior) OzB denizens would insist on proper and responsible fiscal and employment planning for such a momentous (and financially-impacting) life-decision?

  Is OzB becoming soft?

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    Eeples on 05/11/2023 - 08:37

    +1

    More likely Ozb are envious and impressed with choice of wife.

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  Herbse on 04/11/2023 - 19:19

  +4

  You're in the same position as every parent who wants to work during school hours which is all of them.

  There are jobs out there, most are minimum wage and taken. Technically between school hours when you take travel into consideration you only have maybe 4.5 hours of actual work time. Finding a job where you can be productive and be useful to a business during that timeframe is tough.

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  kaleidoscope on 04/11/2023 - 19:49

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  one of the coaches in my son’s swim school is a stay at home dad and does swimming coaching. Perhaps something similar? But ofcourse you’ll need to skill up on those areas first

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  adn on 04/11/2023 - 20:26

  onlyfans

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  tempco on 05/11/2023 - 00:12

  +3

  Support work might fit what you need. You can manage your shifts so that you aren't working during pick up and drop off times. Pay is decent, but it can be hard work (physical and emotional). Don't need qualifications either.

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  Leo Getz on 05/11/2023 - 00:57

  +2

  Well done being the stay-at-home dad.
  Challenging, terrifying, life changing and so rewarding.

  Someone mentioned teacher but what about teacher aide at the school your kids go to.
  Or school technician as you mentioned working in tech support.
  Could be at the same school or another close by.

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  superuser on 05/11/2023 - 06:50

  How's your driving? Apply for delivery driver, some delivery only in early morning and finish around 2pm then you can pick up your kids afterwork.

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  DemocracyManifest on 05/11/2023 - 08:35

  Before and after school care is a necessity

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  Eeples on 05/11/2023 - 08:35

  +3

  Smash through the glass ceiling and become an ‘office lady’ in schools.

  Terrible money apparently but looks (from the outside) to have a good social working environment.

  Downside is you may need to deal with parents from time to time.

  Upside besides being in the office you could work in Science as the ‘lab assistant’, in the library as the ‘library assistant’ or in kitchen. The latter not as bad as it sounds.

  Days and hours and role may be flexible depending on the school.

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  ParkingFine23 on 05/11/2023 - 09:35

  Bank Customer Service Officer.

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  Guerilla89 on 05/11/2023 - 10:03

  You could fairly easily get a job at a school as a school IT technician, just apply at the nearest schools to your childs drop off. They'll still need to be in after school care but likely your holidays will line up with theirs for 10 out of 12 weeks of the school holidays. At some schools, after school care can be pretty rough though, so keep an eye on them. We had to take my kids out of one place.

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  MrFrugalSpend on 05/11/2023 - 10:03

  I find the problem is not so much finding regular work when they are at school, it is that they are off school so much which messes with a work schedule due to sickness and school holidays and pupil free days etc. You have to pay for a vacation care programme at minimum, and then work as much as you can when they are actually at school to hold down a decent job.

  One plan that achieves basically full time hours with an office job that can bend a little is:

  SPOUSE A: Kid Drop-off then to work at 9am to 6pm;
  SPOUSE B: 6am to 3pm then Kid Pick-up ; or if you don't like the early starts, negotiate flexible and work evenings (e.g. 8am to 3pm then 8pm to 10pm after the kids are asleep).

  (or cut down break times to squeeze this a bit depending on travel time)
  …This really pushes you to the limit though with parent duties plus these sort of hours, and you need a flexible job/employer (usually in an office, like the accounting role) that can cater for you having to pack up and take a sick kid home then finish off the work after they are in bed or something….
  Try to live and work as close to schools as you can.

  These years can be tough on careers, but you do what you've got to do and come out looking aged at the end of it!
  Otherwise, they'll be grown up and you won't have much experience / career to re-enter full time workforce (and not much $s to show for it accordingly) - this is the main thing that traditionally impacts the mother, who cops the lack of work and fuels the gender pay / role imbalances accordingly.

  IMO You are better off both working for your long-term career development and paying for domestic duties like lawn mowing, cleaning, laundry, and getting groceries delivered if you have to so as to cope - even if you end up no better off financially in the short term to maintain your connection to the workplace.

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  Drakesy on 05/11/2023 - 10:51

  Honestly between working from home days, parents and having the two of you it's pretty manageable. We have a couple of parents in our team and they just alternate who does the school run and the go home early only to get back online once the kids home

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  nkription on 05/11/2023 - 11:15

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  Window cleaning, jobs generally run 1-5 hours, good pay, flexible and outdoors. Go work with someone over summer, just do school hours. There will be plenty of guys who would appreciate the help this time of year. Then start your own gig next year.

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  iCandy on 05/11/2023 - 14:18

  Uber driver.

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  LoserScott on 05/11/2023 - 18:20

  I watch other parents after school, I don't get paid tho.

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  MoonlapseVertigo on 05/11/2023 - 21:31

  Fintech/IT Consulting in a support role. Project based with many jobs WFH flexibility - heaps of opportunities out there for skilled people in this area of software/IT/accounting even as administrative staff

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  kalithreaver on 06/11/2023 - 09:57

  +1

  my son gets dropped off to before school care in the morning by me on the way to work, and then my wife whos job is more flexible and can work from home leaves work early and picks him up on the way home and then continues work at home.

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  cupcake on 08/11/2023 - 10:51

  So what have you been doing all this time while they have been in Kindy??

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  lainey13 on 14/11/2023 - 14:17

  Put a post up on your local facebook group about looking for odd jobs/gardening/manual work and build continual work from there. Plenty of people out there who don't want to or don't have time to do stuff like garden maintenance which is easy to do during school time, no qualifications required just some tools and hard work.

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    JIMB0 on 15/11/2023 - 07:50

    Your meant to get a friend to put up a post asking who to get to do their garden. Then get at least 2 other friends to recommend you.

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  tassieeagle on 17/11/2023 - 07:26

  Someone advice said teacher, what about Teacher assistant? Could get a job at your kid's school if you are lucky.

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  munecito on 18/11/2023 - 11:35

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