Recreating What Success Looks Like in The Workplace For Us Working Mums

We spend years studying and building successful careers. We do not want to give this up because we have become mums. We love working, we also love our children and families.

We do not want to fit into boxes – so we are recreating what success looks like in the workplace for us as working mums.

We are challenging traditional norms and making great strides in what we do but also not compromising being a mum.

For managers/employers that would not support us in ways that we believe will enable us and our families thrive, we are also good with that. We will move in the direction that will enable us to get what we need. It’s your loss!

We know our worth and we are not people pleasers hence not going to settle for anything less than what we need.

To you saying, because I just returned from maternity leave, I can’t go up the next level in my career, thank you but I know am up to the task.

To you making decisions about my career and trying to impose them on me because you think I have a young family, thank you but I didn’t ask for it.

When I asked for that salary increment, promotion, or a more challenging task/role, I had thought about it and thought about my family as well.

Stop comparing us to our mums and how they handled their careers post child birth. We live in a different era!

Returning to work is different for every mum.