SAHM, SWAT, WFH mom: Whatever you call yourself, get paid what you're worth!

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For a long time now, the Wall Street Journal's Sue Shellenbarger has done a terrific job of writing about the many, many creative ways time-strapped workers try to eek out some balance between work and family. Recently, the columnist wrote about moms who have stepped out of the workforce to take care of their kids are putting their toes back in by taking consulting jobs that take a fraction of the time -- and a fraction of the pay -- as their former full-time gigs.

I'm all for the rise of firms like MomCorps and Flexperience that connect talented, highly skilled women with part-time or contract work. But in addition to tossing around yet another ridiculous and patronizing moniker that boxes women into bite-size marketing units, the Journal piece hints at the fact that some women doing project work on the cheap.

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SAHM, SWAT, WFH mom: Whatever you call yourself, get paid what you're worth!