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Wife going back to work... again

June 6th, 2007 at 01:47 am

You may recall that my wife left her job of 2 years back in February. For 10 years before that, she was a SAHM raising our daughter. Although I hated to see the income go, she was no longer happy at the job and that was far more important than the money.

Anyway, she was not looking for a new job. In fact, she hadn't been looking for that one. A couple of weeks ago, she happened to be speaking to a friend at our synagogue who hadn't realized she wasn't working there anymore. My wife explained that what she really needed was a job that was part-time with hours that were flexible enough to let her be around to get our daughter to and from school, take off when there were important functions she wanted to attend and have as much vacation time as me (4 weeks) so we didn't have a problem planning our travels.

Much to my wife's surprise, the woman said, "I may have a job for you." This woman runs the surgical scheduling office for a local hospital system. She was in need of someone on a per diem basis. The schedule is flexible and could be worked around my wife's specific needs. Basically, they maintain a pool of workers who they call as needed. If you are able to work, great. If not, you can pass and they'll call someone else. Or, you can also have set hours.

My wife had to interview with the HR person, but the final decision was up to our friend. Last week, she was officially offered the job. She has to go for a physical, drug test, etc. which is scheduled for next week.

She will probably get some fixed hours, maybe 2 days/week, 4 hours/day, like 10am-2pm. Then she would also be in the pool for additional shifts, like if someone is out sick or on vacation.

I'm hoping it works out as this would be perfect for her schedule-wise. It wouldn't be much money, maybe $5,000/year, and we'd probably put all of that into a 401K, but every little bit helps.

7 Responses to “Wife going back to work... again”

  1. princessperky Says:
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    cool, congrats to her.

  2. daybyday Says:
    1181105167

    Sounds good. Smile

  3. rduell Says:
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    Sounds like the perfect job!

  4. monkeymama Says:
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    Sounds great!

  5. Fern Says:
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    she's lucky, sounds like a good fit.

  6. fairy74 Says:
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    Wow, that sounds like the ideal job. Congrats to your wife Smile

  7. zetta Says:
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    That's great! There ought to be more jobs with this kind of flexibility -- and an easier way to find them than word of mouth!

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