Thanks to companies that offer work-from-home setup, many moms nowadays are able to contribute to their family’s finances and witness their child’s milestones at the same time. However, given all the privileges this setup brings, work-from-home moms don’t necessarily have it easier.
Since their home has become the same place for pursuing a career and raising a family, moms may not enjoy the rest and relaxation their home is expected to bring.
Here are four realities work-from-home (WFH) moms shared on our #AsktheFam on socials.
Moms may be relieved of long drives or commute to the office, but they don’t exactly have the luxury in choosing their work schedule. This is the case for WFH moms who work night shifts.
The silver lining about Mommy Kim Catalan Jumarang’s setup is that her husband also works from home. Because of this, she and her husband take turns in looking after their child.
It can get really tiring to work on this schedule on a daily basis, but moms got to do what moms got to do!
Mommy Erilou Tabanda-Villaflor is a first-time mom who, like many, initially found it a challenge to ease back to work after her maternity leave. Despite the hybrid setup offered at work, she had a lot of questions in mind.
She and her family got that hang of it seven months later. Mommy Erilou realized that it’s ok to not be tied to a specific schedule. She continued to find strategies that will work for her and her family, and also found her rhythm with the help of her husband who had to “level up his game not just as a dad but as a husband too.”
Meanwhile, Mommy Kim Balayan Adarlo had to deal with the changes of being in a full time WFH setup from day shift to night shift. Needless to say, her adjustment with the schedule, most especially with a newborn, was a challenge.
Mommy Kim shared that their night shifts eventually ended when she was asked to go on hybrid. So she tried her hands on freelancing and starting a small business. Later on, she found the work from home job that perfectly suits her needs and schedule.
When a mom works from home, there’s no telling when exactly she needs to switch to another hat. Take it from Mommy Rozelle Joie who was forced to suddenly take on a role she initially didn’t sign up for.
It’s a new territory many moms braved. Despite the long nights of learning how to teach and attending to her work, she also learned to find the balance and managed to find little comic reliefs to ease her day.
What could go wrong when a mindful and determined mom decides to continue working after learning she’s pregnant?
Mommy PJ de Guzman-Capoy learned the answer to this question the hard way. In one of her Bulacan-Manila-Bulacan travel required for work, she slightly bled, was confined in a hospital, and was advised to stop working.
She prayed for a work from home job that will give her the income she needed. Three days later, Mommy PJ received an email for a job interview she didn’t even apply for. She got the job a week after. She even got a three-week leave for rest after her pregnancy before she took on the job!
For Mommy Marga who has six kids, remote work is truly a blessing as it allows her to do more chores, spend more time with her kids, and save a lot of money for the family. However, she does this at the expense of a person she used to know: herself.
Work from home moms go through incalculable pains and have to overcome struggles they may or may not speak of. At the end of the day, their drive to continue another day comes from this profound truth:
