Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Supervisory IT Specialist in D.C.

Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Supervisory IT Specialist in D.C.

For this week’s installment of our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series, I’m happy to introduce CorporetteMoms reader J, who lives in Maryland with her husband, daughter, and son (who arrived after she originally shared her week with us!) and works as a supervisory IT specialist for the federal government. Our usual caveat applies: Please…

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Open Thread: Business Travel When You’ve Got Kids

Ladies, what are your thoughts about business travel when you’ve got kids? On the personal safety side of things, are you more wary of “dangerous” cities or countries? For example, we got one reader email that said she didn’t want her husband to go to Denver because a bomb from North Korea could hit there….

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Did Your Mother Work? What Lessons Did You Learn From Her About Work-Life Balance?

I was just talking about first generation working moms vs. second generation working moms the other day with a friend, and I thought it would make an interesting discussion here: Did your mother work outside the home? To what extent have you adopted or rejected her systems in your own life as a working mother?…

Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Manager at an Oil Company in Texas

Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Manager at an Oil Company in Texas

For this week’s installment of our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series, I’m happy to introduce CorporetteMoms reader E.D., who lives in Texas with her husband and daughter and works as a mid-level manager at a major oil company. Our usual caveat applies: Please remember that this is is a real person who has feelings and…