Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

If there are enough people who have also been impacted by this, I am going to start a petition to call for the process to be reviewed on how these are raised. It's incredibly unfair on women to have to suffer fines/charges they should not face while pregnant (as per their right exemption while pregnant) due to paper...

(UK ONLY) What does everyone do as a job and what’s your monthly take home? I’m currently a residential support worker in a children’s home. On average I take home £2300 and only work 10 shifts a month. However, I have to do sleep ins and work some weekends. I absolutely love my job but when my boy goes to school I ...

Hi mums, I am educated (MBA) and experienced (over 6 years). My role was eliminated from my previous employer in May 2023 and now I am looking for jobs for more than 6 months with no luck. I do not drive so I need remote jobs and I worked as Project Manager in different areas. I applied for roles such as Operation...

Would you continue making car payments for a car that is not working??? It has been sitting in the driveway over a year. I think it’s a waste of money especially when the person is really not trying to get it fixed.

Hey everyone, Sorry for the long winded post. I’m just wondering how the funding works in regards to terms ? I’ve applied for this for my little one and I was under the impression that because I was due back to work on the 1st April 2025 she would be entitled to funding from the 1st April or there after as stated on...

So, I was seeing a private obgyn for my antenatal appointments due to a high risk pregnancy. I decided to get admitted to a public hospital but did mention that I was seeing a private obgyn. I obviously wanted my obgynae to deliver my baby. I decided to eventually book in to a public hospital. Now I am told by my ob...

Does anyone ever try to scam you on here??

Hello, I'm not sure if all trust do this differently but I'm just trying to work out my annual leave For the next tax year. I work 30 hours a week when the full time hours are obviously 37.5. on the annual leave calculator it says for bank holidays for a full time member you just take them as they fall but because I...

So I don’t understand how maternity leave works at all lol! I have a policy at work where I get my 60% short term disability and then my job matches the rest. I guess I just don’t understand do I file with just my job or does the state of CA also have something I can apply for ?

How long did it take everyone to get there maternity start grant (£500) after posting the forms?

Hey, so my company is little and reasonably new. And male dominated. Which means I'm the first person to ever go on maternity leave. So there wasn't an employee handbook, let alone a maternity policy for me to refer to. I've read online pay for kit days is agreed in advance. This was never done. I worked two kit da...

I think this is wishful thinking but…. Whilst I was on mat leave my company only offered statutory maternity pay. They have now announced that they will be offering an enhanced leave…90% pay for 6months. This is great!! but I can’t help feeling annoyed about the money we lost out on. My mat leave ended in Novembe...

Has anyone withdrew their 401k out early? Can’t work from home and don’t have someone to watch her or the money for day care. Thinking of withdrawing my 401k to pay off some stuff until bf graduates from the academy in may…..I am freaking out.

i really would like to access my notes does anyone know how i can go about this?

So I’m due in 2 weeks with my first child and I’m due to have a consultant led birth however nobody spoke to me about this I’ve not met with a consultant I’m high risk due to multiple chronic health conditions and my son was weighing 7pound 10 at my last growth scan, I don’t really feel supported or like there is an...

• Does this need to be a week block? • Can I use this time to go holiday with my son in April? I don’t have much leave and thought to take my annual leave for a week as unpaid parental leave. Not sure if this is allowed? But also happy to make an excuse for work, to take the unpaid week to go abroad with my 2 yea...

Send help !! 😫

I’m on maternity leave and struggling to make ends meet financially - how the government can expect women to live off £600 a month is beyond me but here we are! Does anyone have any suggestions for jobs I can do from home to top up my income? No MLM schemes please… I can’t claim UC due to my partners income unfort...

Can any stay at home mums share what their entitlements are or does it all depend on your partners income? I want to quit my job but don’t know if I’d get any financial help

I really need some advice. I have a 7 month old baby and I’ve been looking for a job since before he was born. I am against getting a babysitter and daycare so i’m looking for an at home job or a nanny job. ive posted on all platforms and reached out to basically everyone i know. i’ve applied to countless work from ...