What do you meant by part time job?

My family now or our long term future? (taking a full time job or staying part time & having family time)?

• My husband and I work for the same company. He is full time. I am part time. There is an opening for a full time for me. But the hours are different. My husband works 24 hours (6am-6am) then is off for 48 hours. My hours if I took the full time would be 8am-6pm Monday-Friday.. The 6pm is not a strict time for getting off. If needed I might have to stay over.. I have been working this schedule part time, out of the last two weeks that I have been working the latest I've gotten off is 7:30pm. Out of the 10ish shifts, I only have gotten off on time at 6pm maybe 3 times.. Most of them is 6:30pm. My question is should I take the oppertunity and become full time or pass it up and let someone else have it and go back to part time as needed. (I usually get 10-50 hours as needed just depends on when people take off.. Every day there are 6 people that might take off that I could fill in for) My husband is against me taking the full time position. He says he'd never see me. He also thinks I'd never see the kids. Even though I would be home every night and off every Saturday and Sunday. (of course the way his schedule is we'd only have every 3rd weekend that he'd be off both saturday and sunday with me.) The kids stay with my mom when we are both at work, or if he is to tired to take care of them when he comes in after working one of his 24 hour shifts. (some nights he is able to get some sleep and isn't up all night) If I took this full time position Mon-Fri. 8am-6pm I would hopefully get switched to my husband's schedule of 24 on 48off when a position opens. This would be weeks.. or years.. there is no telling. We really need the extra money that this full time job could secure. We need a house, and to pay off 30k in debt. If this job was the 24 on 48 off there wouldn't be any question I would take it in a heart beat and my husband would be happy with it also. There is very slim chance that if I said no that I could still get that schedule.. but usually whom ever is working the "day truck" 8am-6pm schedule gets first pick for any 24hr opening. I am so confused.. My son is almost 3 years old and my daughter will be one in April. I had a full time job when my son was born.. and I didn't realize how much I missed out on him growing up till I had my daughter and was home with her alot... BUT we really need a house (we are in a 2 bedroom apartment, and buying a house right now could be done.. but we could barely make our house payment.. credit card bills wouldn't really go down.. Taking this job would add almost an extra 2000 dollars in a month, thats a $700 house payment, the rest would be put to our credit cards) What would you guys do.. I am so torn between having time with my family & having the extra income.. If the kids were older I'd do it because the max I could think I would be stuck with these hours are 5years untill I could be on the same shift as my husband... If my kids were older 5 years wouldn't be anything.. but right now 5 years are the vital span of growing for my children.. I hope I gave enough info... um.. My husband and I will be married 5 years in April.. My Husband is in his 30's already.. I am 22. His retirement account only has like 5k in it. I have none in mine.. We have none is savings. (Like I said we live paycheck to paycheck) Thanks for the help!

• Answer:

  If you want to stay flexible stay with the part time. If you take full time you will HAVE TO be at work longer hours, not spend time with hubby or kids as much and there will be tension in the house between you and your husband. Sounds like you even get extra hrs, WHEN YOU WANT TO. The other thing is being there for your kids while they are young when they need you...... you won't get a second chance for that after they grow up.