Work & Money

Am not rich but I can afford fast food and toys most days but am trying to save more. How do I say no to them? I don't want them to experience scarcity like I grew up. But I don't want to raise brats either.

My manager approved my flexible working conditions to work only day weekend shifts - weekends due to childcare and no nights as I’m still breastfeeding. Christmas rota has just come out and I’ve been given 3 night shifts over two weeks! Do I have any group to stand on to get this changed? My baby relies on me heavil...

Hi has anyone else got their payslip? I don't know if I've got my back pay - would it say "pay arrears" on it? - think it should have been more than £130 even if I was on maternity for 6 months of it

I need another job, we're two months behind on rent, can barely afford groceries, had my credit card closed, and things aren't looking up. I'm looking for something I can do at home at night so that I can still cook, clean, and put my daughter to bed. Husband goes to school at night so it's just me. Please if anyone...

I work as a dental nurse, this is baby #2. I worked 4days a week after baby #1, and now Im on mat leave, looking to go back in January. I submitted a flex work request last month and had a meeting yesterday to discuss the outcome: I had proposed dropping down to 2 days, which just got rejected, with no opportunity...

Hey girls! Just wondering if anyone knows roughly what the mat pay is like as an NHS worker. I’m under the impression you get NHS mat pay on top of SMP, is this correct or am I just getting confused with it all? 😂🙈 If anyone has any information that would be fantastic!

My partner & I have come to the decision that I will not be returning to work after maternity leave so I can solely look after our little one. My partner will financially cover everything which isn’t an issue for us but I’m wondering if there’s anything any other stay at home mums do as a kind of side hustle? I’m go...

I moved from out of state the first week of August, applied for Medi-Cal and got approved a few weeks ago. I had to call and get someone on the phone to choose a plan bc they insist on sending EVERYTHING via snail mail. Well I have finally been approved for Blue Shield and it goes into effect November the 1st. My pr...

Has anyone got any advice? I have been waiting for an answer for 2 months. I’ve been awarded the minimum amount £27/week 😵‍💫 but hoping now that I’ve paid my Nat insurance it will increase. Can’t seem to get through to anyone on the dwp line and it’s really stressing me out.

I currently work shifts which means working every other weekend, at the moment it works great for us as our childcare fees are more than half the cost I don't want to be working shifts when she starts school next year, but I change jobs now (days roles are quite rare) it would be a drop in salary and obviously a fu...

Is it poss to apply for universal credit while on mat leave. I know once I go down to half pay I will struggle and wanted to see if I can claim some sort of benefits to help top me up.

So this morning I had a normal midwife appointment it’s about 45 minutes and I come back to work right after. I typically like to grab lunch across the road and then eat in the office. My boss has moaned at me saying if I’m going to take time out of work for appointments I need to bring lunch to work and eat while ...

If I was to inform my employer that I will not be returning to work when my maternity leave ends will they stop paying me my maternity pay immediately? Or will I be entitled the full amount? I have no idea how it all works to be honest. They have also said I have accumulated holidays, can I take this holiday pay now...

Does anyone know if you can claim anything more than maternity allowance and child benefit? For reference I am claiming self employed maternity allowance, my partner is working but we aren’t married and he isn’t down on the maternity allowance paperwork so I’m guessing it wouldn’t be affected by him working. Compa...

Has anyone requested to work from home one day per week when returning to work? I’m requesting to work 3 days per week when going back to work, however there is an option to request wfh too. I really want to wfh 1 out of the 3 days. How do I justify this when employer ask?

For those of you who work from home while caring for your baby, does that even work?? I want to start working from home aswell but it just seem so impossible with my 7month old, how are y’all doing that?