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....Travel just over 50 miles return (by car) each day including an early nursery drop off for three days work a week if it meant you had £450 leftover after all bills each month?

Thanks for replies. Commute would take an hour each way. Hours would be 24 over three days. Baby boy is 14 months. New career I would like to get into. Can stay at home however zero savings. Trying to get a mortgage next year so need to save for deposit.

Not sure whether to keep staying at home, as you don't get the time back with your child, or bite the hand off a new employer who is being very flex and could be the start of a new career once I'm ready to go back full time...

PeacefulWaters

Yes. Unless I could get better elsewhere.

Mrs_Optimist

Yes. I could do a lot with £450 surplus each month. Some people are lucky to break even once bills are paid.

Ozzuk

If I needed the money, yes, of course, and a lot worse.

sweetilemon

Sounds reasonable to me.

curty510

yes of course.

tea_lover

Depends how long it would take, and what the traffic is usually like. I do 12 miles in the morning but it often takes more than an hour. If I'd known it would be that bad I probably wouldn't have taken the job. Have you done the journey at rush hour?

Alikay

It depends on the job: If I liked it and it would keep my skills/CV up to date ready for when the children are more independent, yes. If it was a fairly standard job in a field which was easy to get into/return to, no: I'd probably just get a part-time job locally where I didn't need childcare (such as evenings in a supermarket or pub) in that situation.

thorsoak

This equates to £5,400 pa - someone working 15.5 hours a week, minimum wage, would bring that home (less NI, of course) - so yes it would be worth it.

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Thanks for replies. Commute would take an hour each way. Hours would be 24 over three days. Baby boy is 14 months. New career I would like to get into. Can stay at home however zero savings. Trying to get a mortgage next year so need to save for deposit.

Not sure whether to keep staying at home, as you don't get the time back with your child, or bite the hand off a new employer who is being very flex and could be the start of a new career once I'm ready to go back full time...

heartbreak_star

Yes. No question.

HBS x