A recent interview with singer Gwyneth Paltrow with E! prompted a working mom to write an open letter in response to the singer’s statement regarding how easy an office job is. Paltrow compared a desk job and a movie set. She also said during the interview with E! that an office job is easier “because it’s routine and, you know, you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening.”
In comparison, Paltrow added that “When you’re shooting a movie, they’re like, ‘We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks,’ and then you work 14 hours a day, and that part of it is very difficult. I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it’s not like being on set,” according to a report from NYPost.
However, a working mom agreed to this and said she was thankful that she didn’t have “make millions filming one movie per year.”
The open letter continued which read, “I say to myself pretty much every morning as I wait on a windy Metro-North platform, about to begin my 45-minute commute into the city. Whenever things get rough, all I have to do is keep reminding myself of that fact. It is my mantra. And I know all my fellow working-mom friends feel the same. Am I right, ladies?”
The text ended with, “So, Gwyneth, you’ve figured out the secret of working parents everywhere: Livin’ la vida desk job is a breeze compared to the 14-hour days of a film set. Fourteen hours? Who in New York — especially those in the finance, law and tech professions — could possibly work 14 whole hours? Luckily, those 9-to-5 “ordinary job” hours grow on trees here. And if you lose one, all you have to do is find another.”
Click link below to read the full text of the open letter to Ms. Paltrow from a working mom:
https://nypost.com/2014/03/27/a-working-moms-open-letter-to-gwyneth-paltrow
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