As part of my day in the life of a modern American worker/small business series, I’ve been describing the typical day at various jobs in the modern American work force.
HBG: If you saw an ad for this job, would you take it?
Hours: 6 a.m. (may be called to work earlier) to 11 p.m. (may be required to work later); on call 24/7, no sick days, no vacation days, no holidays, no salary or wages. Job requires lots of driving, negotiating, planning, balancing, juggling; may involve coaching a sports team; lunch break not guaranteed.
HBG: Don’t think so.
We all know what job I’m describing – the job of a parent, a mom, dad or both. A job that doesn’t have defined hours, defined time off, a job that never really has a typical day and a job that’s work description varies with the years; a job that never really ends.
So now that we’re in the 2000s, can’t we just get over the who works harder debate of working moms versus stay at home moms. We all know that life isn’t fair, isn’t equal, not everybody gets to make choices. Some of us are rich, some of us are poor, some of us are in-between, some of us have to work at a paying job, some can work at a paying job part time and some can choose to not work outside of the house at a paying job.
Did you note that I had to put in the words – “paying job.” If I didn’t, then I might offend someone. Can we just get over it and call it work with the knowledge that not all work is paid for in money?
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