don't employ me

[mrsbrown]

I have difficulty with obeying rules when I can't see the reason for them

I made a mistake when I was 20 and chose the wrong man to share the parenting of my children

It is more important that I ensure my children are happy, than I arrive within 5 minutes of the prescribed starting time

I'm likely to leave in the middle of the day to attend to a sick or distressed child

I think that I deserve to have a workplace that allows me the flexibility to be the sort of parent I am happy with.

If there isn't much work/pressure, but there is something interesting at home; I will go home early.

I'm likely to leave in the middle of the day to attend a school function

I will take whatever workplace flexibility I can, and take it as far as I can

I will put a work deadline before my own needs, but not my children's.

I will use my own level of guilt as the arbiter of whether I should do a child thing or a work thing

Like most people, I have days when I'm worrying about stuff; I have 3 other people to worry about too.

I'm not very committed to "playing the corporate game"

I sometimes cheat on my timesheet, but make it up when the guilt kicks in

I can't do or understand some of the technical parts of being an engineer. There are less of them now than 4 years ago.

I can't do the same thing every day

I like going out on site visits. Especially if they take me past fabric shops.

I don't want to learn how to design a synchrotron cooling system - it's too hard.