I took a 20% pay cut for 8 months so I could spend an entire summer with my kids. It was worth it.
Source: Business Insider ·
As my maternity leave ended, I wanted more time off with my four kids. I took a 20% pay cut and got almost the whole summer off with them.
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The author took a 20% pay cut for more time off with her kids.Courtesy of Natalia CostaAs my maternity leave after having my fourth child was ending, summer was starting.I wanted to spend the summer with my kids, and I looked for a solution.I ended up taking a 20% pay cut for 8 months for another 73 days off.Our fourth child was a happy surprise, and arrived on the scene when we were busy putting out metaphorical fires with our 4-year-old twins and our 2-year-old daughter, who seemed to spend most of their time playing and fighting.We felt like we already had a lot of kids. Not too many, but enough. When I learned I was pregnant, we asked ourselves, what was one more?As my maternity leave was ending, I still wanted more timeNine months later, the real party began. My maternity leave started coming to an end just as we were facing a very long summer: 12 weeks, from June 20 to September 8, with no school. We live in Spain, and were about to face one of those eternal Spanish summers I…
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