How to deal with my current job?

ucsd_ucla_dad
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:15 +0000

I still don’t see why you can’t get a bit more efficient on the doc appts by combining some - especially the kids going to the doc assuming they all see the same doc. The docs only actually see the patient for a couple of minutes in most cases so if the 3 had them back to back you’ve just reduced 3 appts to 1.

Teeth cleaning every 3 months is more than is normal unless you have lots of gum issues. Dentists sometimes seem more flexible on appt times than some other docs so check with the dentist for after/before hours and Saturday appts. Worst case, find another dentist who’s more flexible. For annual appts for the kids schedule them during one of the days the kids are off of school when you need to already figure out a way to attend to them.

The boss doesn’t care how many actual appts you have - just the apparent number of times you’ll be away from the job due to them (and probably also the amount of time).

I think most of us who responded who are managers have indicated that 12 is a high number of appts and most of us would find that irritating unless there was a real medical situation you already discussed. Work to reduce it but not at the expense of skipping seeing the docs.



I guess if I wanted I could pay someone to deal with my children for me, but that is not the way I want to raise my kids. I want to be part of my children’s life before they go off to college.

Any mom who works outside the home is going to need to compromise in this regard. Either you’re a full time SAHM who can do anything anytime with the kids or you’ll be compromising. What would you do when the kids are out of school during winter break, spring break, summer break, and the numerous other school holidays and meeting days - or are they older latch key kids?