Part Time work as a mom - Which option would you take ?

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Totally disagree! I have more than 20 years of professional experience from Switzerland. During this time I've made a career, had kids, started my own business, restarted my career.

In my opinion, Switzerland is a great country for a well educated woman to make and keep a career in.

The hurdles are all in ones preconceptions and those, of course the local women often suffer much more from. However, for those of us having grown up in more egalitarian countries, there are no reasons why we shouldn't be able to have a great career in Switzerland.

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Two generations ago, women rarely worked outside the home in Australia. My grandmothers never had paid jobs. One raised 12 children, one raised 2. My mother worked around all of us, but in low-paid jobs until her 50's when she returned to university and worked up to the top salary for her profession.

What I *love* about switzerland is that my husband can earn a high enough salary that we could live very comfortably as a sole-income family. I work because I love to work, and am happier when I also have my own income, and for my career, and my sanity...

We are doing a lot better here than we would back home, we are much better paid (not just with the exhange rate, we are better paid compared to the cost of living here) and we do manage to combine work and children.

I don't find the tax rates too high - they are lower than I would pay in Australia - although it does suck a bit that my husband earns more and pays less tax than I do - our money all goes into the one 'pot' so in the end we have a 'package deal' that we are happy with

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I second those saying to go for the 90% in four days. An entire day seems so much more useful than a half day (at least in my experience) in terms of the activities that can be planned, appointments that can be made, errands that can be run, etc.

I am a SAHM, and I too tire of the never-ending "war" between SAH and working moms. The fact is that for some, a career makes them a happier, more satisfied person, and for others, staying at home provides the fulfillment that they seek. And the bottom line is that a) a happier, more satisfied mom is a better mom; as well as b) there are absolutely NO guarantees, as Poptart said. You'll never know how your kid would or wouldn't have turned out if you chose a different path, because you didn't choose that path! Resolve to lose the guilt and make the most of the path you are actually on!

(Apologies to OP for going off on a slight tangent!)