Meet Jasmine Hossner | WFH Mom

We had the good fortune of connecting with Jasmine Hossner and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jasmine, have there been any changes in how you think about work-life balance?
As someone who grew up as a first generation Asian American, I was always taught to prioritize work and secure your future. My parents moved to the United States during the Vietnam war and raised our family with very little in their pockets. They worked extremely hard to build the life we have. I respect and commend their ability to set our family up through their constant drive and machine-like ability to work around the clock, but I have also witnessed first hand their hardships and seen my parents miss out on once in a lifetime luxuries because of this same drive to work. I always questioned, “At what point do you stop securing your future, and instead start living your future?” My view on work life balance took a 180 switch about a year ago when I was pregnant with my first born. Before getting pregnant, I rarely took PTO (even when sick), I traveled constantly for work, and would work long hours if given the opportunity. When reflecting on having a child and how involved daily I wanted to be in their life, I came to the conclusion I wanted to focus more on work life balance to not miss major milestones in their life. You only get to watch your child grow up once and to me that was more important than any amount of money I can make. I am blessed to work at a company where employees are allowed to work 100% remote, which allows me to keep our now 10 month old at home while still bringing an income for our family. This shift towards the new generational work life balance view has improved my mental health 10 fold. I don’t feel guilty going to work and missing out on the early days of my baby’s developmental period. I also feel less tired without forcing my day to be broken into an 8-5 work period and a 5-8 parental period: instead I create healthy boundaries that can flex based on the unpredictable days of motherhood. I love the shift I have made and it gives me peace of mind knowing I am not waiting until retirement to live my life.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
When looking at the Leadership teams I have been a part of in the Wireless/Technology world, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of women in higher roles with young children or a lot of younger leaders who hold different generational work values (like having a large presence on social media). I know when I spoke to others about my interview for the leadership role I am in now there was a lot of hesitancy with me being pregnant and being able to balance the job demand stresses with my newly found role as a mother. However, I wasn’t worried about the stresses. I have said to many people, “I am always stressed, so I am never stressed.”. The part I was more worried about was the fact there hadn’t been many women in the company who needed to use maternity leave, there weren’t many women leaders with young children, and there weren’t many younger leaders with a social media influencing career as well. Senior leadership wasn’t privy to the challenges that a mother faces in the early months of having a baby, and because of this their perception of the challenges ahead were based on imagination instead of reality. My goal when coming back to work 2 months after having a baby was to pick up right where I left off and run at the same speed as the male leaders. I continued to complete assignments at the same rate if not quicker than before in the time I set aside for the job, and was even able to schedule out time in between to plan social media content. Because of this effort, I learned to adapt motherhood to still achieve my professional goals and show the team that having a baby is not a deterrent to hiring women and does not make me less than. I learned from this experience that adaptation and perception is the backbone to being successful.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
As someone who grew up in a city with Asian influences scattered throughout, I love bringing people to Carrollton and enjoying the food up there. We usually go to Volcano Hot Pot to enjoy their all you can eat menu, grab dessert at Somi Somi, and then bring home groceries from 99 Ranch. In terms of entertainment, we have shifted a lot of what we do to include our son in activities. We have season passes to the Fort Worth zoo, which provides hours of entertainment for him and we love visiting all the different lakes/rivers to enjoy time outside.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to give a big shout out to the CMS Team at E78 Partners for allowing me the flexibility to be a work from home mom. The amount of support and love they have shown not only me, but my little one as well has been overwhelming. Another person who has played a significant role in my life is my mom. She has shaped me into the strong, driven, and highly motivated working woman I am today and has taught me to create my own opportunities wherever I go.

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