Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

I did OF for 5 years successfully I actually made a lot of money, it’s just a lot of work unless your with an agency. Super complicated but I can give tips on how I did it 🥰

Hi all! Been looking at what we can do to top up money when baby comes and wondered when to apply please? Is it after baby arrives or before? Thanks in advance!

Hey all! I’m just trying to work out what I’ll be entitled to or get monthly. I’m in full time employment. Can anyone help me out I’m getting different answers everywhere I’m looking and loosing my head trying to be organised. I’m due on the 30th of April, and will be leaving work around 18th of April. Thanks in ...

I feel so silly, I went for a job interview today but never asked how much pay was or how often I’d be paid to work nights. Does anyone know please.

Heyy girlyss, Am new to the area and was wondering how everything's works here. I found out I am pregnant but I don't know how the system works such as do I inform my GP am pregnant or do I fill an application at the maternity ward. Can someone please help me with this thank you.

How are people spending their maternity leave?

As anyone notice the increase of content creators saying that you can earn these large set of money with digital marketing, virtual assistant etc? What do you ladies think about it? Are there any success stories in this group?

I just signed up for health insurance and I already wanna cancel it. i’m always worried about money and always feeling so up and down I don’t do anything for myself. i’m actually sitting here in my chair twitching my leg. I don’t know what to do with myself.

Does anyone know of any non-phone remote positions that allow you to create your own schedule? I’m open to 1099 as I’m sure that’s the only position I’ll be able to find with flexibility. I’d mostly be working at night after my kids go to bed. Thanks so much in advance 🩷

Anyone know of any work from home jobs?

Could anyone let me know their experiences with the SO returning to work and having the baby on their own for the first time for the full day? My partner goes back to work tomorrow after three weeks paternity and I’ll be alone for the first time. Baby doesn’t like being put down often so until now we have passed ...

Im so mad i keep getting denied for snap my total income is 2,400 in a household of two and im pregnant is there a way around this?

My company are closing on 27/12 giving everyone an extra day off. As I’m still on maternity leave then, do I get an extra day annual leave accrued?

Hi I’m wondering for those of you that work from home, do you have your baby with you at home while you work? Do you have any tips? My baby is almost 6 weeks and it looks like I will go back to work in a few weeks, but she won’t have any vaccines yet and I would feel more comfortable waiting until she is 3 month...

We receive a payment of something like £100 a month. Someone at work told my partner you get taxed on it and it’s down us to pay the tax. Is this correct? TIA

Sending off my forms for maternity allowance and i need to send my original MATB1 not a photocopy. I just wondered do they send this back or shall i keep a photocopy of it for my own records ? Confused as what to do😅

Any moms know any way sahm can make money without having to put the lil ones in day care daycare bc now n days its hard to trust and is super expensive but to live on one persons income isn’t easy

Has anyone flew over state over 36 weeks pregnant? My grand mother just died and we were extremely close and it kills me that I have to miss her funeral, would any dr give me an exemption or is it out of the picture 😭

Hi mums, am I being irresponsible!? I’m on maternity leave due back at the end of March (using a months worth of AL). I’m not happy with my job and do want to leave, I have been applying for jobs and have a few interviews but don’t have any childcare concretely sorted. Is this really irresponsible of me? Is it unfai...

My little girl is starting with a childminder in the New Year. We will have access to 15 hours free government funding for 38 weeks of the year, term time only. They charge for 52 weeks of the year so we will need to pay an additional £96 per month to cover the remaining weeks. I’ve got my childminders paperwork h...