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Part-Time Job Offer

June 7th, 2007 at 11:21 am


I stopped in at the library in town last night. This is the library where I was the director before taking the assistant county librarian job. I still do the bookkeeping for them.

It turns out that one of their employees just quit and the librarian offered me the job. It would only be about 10 hours a week at minimum pay. It was really tempting for a while because I'd love to add that little bit to the mortgage payment and pay it off even earlier.

I told her I'd think about it. DH and I discussed it and at first were okay with the idea. Then I got to thinking what it would mean to work 1 evening a week and 2 Saturdays a month. I already feel guilty and uneasy every morning when I leave the kids during the summer and this would mean even more time away. Right now, DH is working every Saturday morning so this would mean even more time without one of us here. The youngest of the kids is 13 so it's not like they're really little and I'd only be 2 blocks away, but still.

I ended up deciding that it wasn't worth the little bit of income that I'd be making. There will be time for that when the kids are all gone. For now, I feel the need to be home as much as I can.

5 Responses to “Part-Time Job Offer”

  1. pretty cheap jewelry Says:
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    Good choice! Satisfaction with your current work and income rules! Instead of working full time, I am 1/2 time and am home when the kids get out of school (aged 7 and 9). It's more important to make it through the teenage years without my kids smoking, trying drugs, or getting pregnant. (you're way ahead on that one)

  2. homebody Says:
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    Sometimes it just isn't worth it. Good for you making a choice right fot you and your family.

    PS I had three daughters I got through high school without getting pregnant and now I just wish one of them would!!

  3. fern Says:
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    Minimum wage for a former employee is not a great offer anyway.

  4. rduell Says:
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    No, and library boards aren't known for being generous if it means they have to fundraise!

  5. rduell Says:
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    And that's only 35 cents less than I was being paid as director! That's how poorly paid the librarians in our System are!

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