How much do you think you should be paid for the hard work you do as a parent?
Now you can find out exactly how much your “mum salary” should be – and spoiler alert: It’s a lot.
International floral delivery business Interflora has just launched a new ad in Britain, ahead of UK Mother’s Day.
It’s called “Hardest Job in the World” and it features a “job ad” in The Times for a super stressful and challenging gig:
The hours are long, some days you won’t get time to eat, you’re unlikely to ever have a full night’s sleep and you won’t get to take any holidays. But as well as being the hardest job in the world, this role is one of the most rewarding too. The successful candidate will be responsible for dealing with unreasonable demands, managing a busy schedule and co-ordinating multiple projects. You must have excellent communication and organisational skills and be willing to work variable hours in a chaotic environment. Responsibilities also include chauffeuring, cooking, cleaning and counselling.
The campaign resembles the recent viral “World’s Toughest Job” ad created by American Greetings, which described a job filled with demanding duties – and zero pay.
Related: This is the world’s toughest job, and over 2 billion people are doing it.
However, Interflora’s version offers a (very attractive) salary of 172,000 pounds – or $339, 507.19 AUD.
That figure is based on the long hours and multiple duties demanded of parents.
Related: The five words every new mother says and what they really mean.
Another cute aspect of the ad is that it includes a Mum Salary Calculator – so you can find out exactly how much you are worth.
It confirms what we already new: mums are awesome (and are worth far more than politicians and CEOs).
Do you think parents should be paid for their efforts?
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Based off of that example it's (AU$) $52.86 an hour...
No level of schooling or Education required, No skills, tickets or qualifications needed, It's all learn on the job and surely there are other people who help unless your a single parent in which you actually are paid.
I Myself only earn $20 an hour and I have a Truck licence, forklift ticket and a history of at least some work ethics. Some of that history has been looking after my own child.
Plus if I buy a Pet and look after it should that also be considered a job/work?
So can I earn a salary for when I looked after my Dad when he was terminally ill? What about how I now look after my mother all the time as well? No, I'm pretty sure the answer would be no! So sick of this ridiculousness off attributing a salary to being a mother and everything that's involved with that.