Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

For those of you who have a legit side gig. What do you do and how did you get started? I want to start something up before the baby comes but I have no idea what. I'm not into social media so not trying to be an influencer or be part of a pyramid scheme. Also I already have a 9-5 job so this would be something I ca...

Hi everyone! I just had my 25 week midwife appointment and received my MATB form. I am due to have a meeting with work in the next coming weeks to discuss maternity leave. My question is - when are you going to book maternity from? I am due 4/12 and not sure how long I should take off before baby is here. Is tw...

Anyone else looking for part time work and finding it impossible? I didn’t appreciate how hard it would be to even get an interview 🫠

Can you help me work things out.My ex said he paid me on 26th of July so his next payment is 29th of August? Is that right? I thought it's today...

Does anyone know of any part time jobs?? I was working 12 hour shifts as a support worker but I have a 1 year old little girl and I don't want to be away from her this long and miss out on important milestones so I had to leave. TIA

Hi everyone! Does anyone know if I can ask work to start my maternity leave earlier than planned? I was originally going to leave last week but extended it till the 7th sept as I felt like I could do it working from home. But now I’ve got the worst pain and feel very stressed so I’ve been wanting to message my boss ...

those mums that work online, what to do you do? I have always been so skeptical about it and never looked into it but i’d do anything to be able to work from home part time around my baby and not have to send her off to nursery yet! How do you find online work?

For all the mamas that work from home, what do you do? How did you get into it? I’m currently on Mat leave with my 2 month old and I just can’t fathom leaving her when this time is up. I’d love to be able to work from home even if that means hiring a sitter to be here with her while I work. I can never seem to find...

Hi guys. I’m trying to make my first payment into the tax free account and I feel like I’m missing something really obvious. So I’m trying to pay into the account via my bank but they haven’t specified the business name, and my bank won’t let me proceed without one. Is it HMRC??? I have the account number sort cod...

Hi Just wondering if anyone could tell me roughly how much maternity pay you get each month or how you would work this out? Thank you

Can anyone recommend a cycle tracker app to prevent pregnancy? Ideally free. Thank you!!

The firm I work for have changed the mat policy so previously when you returned to work you would have to stay with the firm for 6 months or else pay back the EMP. Now if you leave after 6-7 months you would have to pay back 50%, 8-9 months would be 30% etc. For anyone working in corporate have you had similar poli...

I know there’s programs out there. Just having trouble finding one. Anyone know any in the SJ area that helps with bills like electrical?

Hello! Lost and confused FTM here. I’m due December 20th and the end of term is also December 20th. I was hoping to work right until my due date to be paid for the holiday. However, am I right in thinking I would have to return to school in Jan to be paid for the Christmas break? When would be best to take my Ma...

Hi there I’m in need of a job, I have a 18 month old. If anyone knows of any jobs or if anyone’s in need please let me know thank you!

Heeeey Mommas !! I’m trying to find a no phone work from home job but when I do find a work from home job, it’s not no phone and I don’t mind doing a job with phone just as long as it’s not me being on the phone all day and my baby’s gonna be causing me trouble. Does anybody have any suggestions or places I could po...

NJ girls please tell me what I’m supposed to be doing for disability/maternity/bonding time. I filed my leave with my job a couple of weeks ago (they use Lincoln financial). I thought I’m also supposed to file with NJ for disability but Lincoln financial said no and they’ll do it. My disability leave won’t begin unt...

Anyone just have no birth plan.. I’m 30 weeks, I’m being monitored by consultant due to low Papp-a. Overall I just want baby boy here safe and healthy with minimal risk. And lack wanting to be induced ONLY if medically necessary. But I have no birth plan what so ever, I feel like everyone else has a massive list of...

I'm looking at work from home roles. There's a few roles but they are saying I need a certain broad band and headset. I don't even know how to check how fast my broadband is or what the right headset would be. I thought companies provided this equipment

So I'm pregnant, not told work yet however I plan to early sept and I'll be 16 weeks. Our mat leave pay policy at the moment is 6m full pay, 3 months stat then 3 months zero pay. There is talk from November they are going to do 12 months full pay for mat leave. I work in the emergency services. If I tell them in ...