30% work trip
I’ve been recruited internally to a new position which requires up to 7-8 times of traveling worldwide for a week each. The salary may not change much but I’m in toxic work environment now with constant pressure and demanding supervisor with no appreciation who told me there’s no career growth opportunity in our team. I’ve been applying for other internal positions since last year but it hasn’t been working out. (External application is out of scope since our child goes to my company’s kindergarten and husband has limited contract until the end of year.) There’s another role opened in our department with another supervisor but worried that constant stress and pressure won’t go away. It’s heartbreaking to think about being away from my 2 year old that much. Colleague who’s working in the new team said she only traveled 3 times within EU last year since she just joined the team from last Sep but manager (and friend) confirmed that the rest of the colleagues traveled up to 7 times. My husband is supportive and telling me to go for the new team so that I can get new experience and leave my supervisor. We could also travel 1-2 times together as he can work “from home” if it’s within EU and combine our holiday in destination. He could also call his parents to support him for one trip (they’re in another country)… but I just feel sad leaving my daughter since she’s more attached to me and she can communicate better with me. I don’t plan to stay in this company and plan to look for higher position in a few years again but nothing is predictable with this economy. Is there any moms working with frequent work trips? How do you handle the guilt?