Samantha Sutherland

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Jackie* is married with a boy and a girl, aged 5 and 6. She works full time in finance, and shared vulnerably about the frustrations of the uneven division of labour at home, and who […]

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Beth* is a mother to two girls aged 9 and 6 and the primary earner in her family. She shares the struggle with changing careers when you’re burnt out and finding meaning amongst the juggle.

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. April* has been married almost 20 years and has two children ages 16 and 14. April talks about gender fatigue and the challenges of combining working and parenting, and shares her story of making values-based

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Amy* has a daughter who is three-and-a-half and a 14 month old son. She worked full time, at home four days a week and in the office one. We spoke about hiding pregnancy at work

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Liz* has two children aged 3 and 6. Having spent a number of years in Big Jobs, she’s taken six months off to reassess and find a new opportunity. We talked about defining what success

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Philippa* has two small girls, aged 4.5 and 2. She works full time in an organisational development role in financial services. We talk mental load, exercising for mental health, and why the shared care model

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Cynthia* has a son in his first year of school, and she works part time for two separate organisations – two days each. Her unusual setup means she’s had to put very clear boundaries in

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Amanda* worked 11 weeks of overtime last year in her job as a lawyer. She has two children ages 11 and 13, and is married to a man who works part-time, mainly to chauffeur children

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Vanessa* works full time as an accountant in a mining consultancy business. She’s married with three kids age 6, 9, and 13.  She’s working full time now after taking a step back for some years,

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Ashley* has a 3 year old daughter and is 27 weeks pregnant with her second. Working three days a week as an Occupational Therapist in a special needs school, her experience working in a female-dominated