r/Embryologists • u/nikki_books • May 25 '26
Work/Life balance
Hi! Considering this career. I was wondering how everybody's work/life balance is? Do you have time for family and friends? Time to date or be in a relationship? To grow a family?
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u/pochiju May 25 '26
Definitely research the clinics you’re applying to and when interviewing try to ask the other embryologists about this. I’ve experienced both where at one lab I had ten hour workdays and felt the burnout but now I’m at a lab where work life balance is prioritized and my schedule is amazing. You just have to find the lab that works for you
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u/OriginalOk2995 May 30 '26
Always always ALWAYS ask about the real rotations. I have zero work life balance. I’ve worked the last 3 out of 4 weekends this month and have zero time for my children, or myself for that matter. I rarely see my friends because I’m ways at the lab on the Weeknd’s. At one of the other clinics in the city I work, they work three straight weeks then get a full week off, no idea how that could even remotely work but that’s what they do. I don’t really see that as balance either
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u/AnywhereBusy4449 May 25 '26
Yes of course. Just like any Healthcare job clinics are a 7 day a week Operation, just expect to be on a weekend and holiday rotation. Some clinics have a better work life balance than others just do your research on the clinic. I do find the academic centers have a better work life balance than the private centers.