WFH doesn't mean SAHP

[Anonymous]

WFH doesn't mean SAHP.

Arrange childcare when you go out for the day and your WFH partner is working.

[Anonymous]

yeah, some people seem to feel otherwise. I try not to judge as you never know their circumstances even when you think you do.

[Anonymous]

This sounds like something you need to discuss with a particular individual not a general post.

[Anonymous]

I agree. My husband is totally remote and I work a hybrid arrangement. I see absolutely no way he or I could actually do our jobs while taking care of our kids. It seems like we would do neither particularly well.

I definitely understand the one off situations of random school/daycare closures and not wanting to use PTO for those inconveniences. But as a regular practice? Ah, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WFH doesn't mean SAHP.

Arrange childcare when you go out for the day and your WFH partner is working.

WFH doesn't absolve you of being a parent. Why should the partner be the one arranging childcare, why shouldn't the WFH parent arrange their own childcare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree. My husband is totally remote and I work a hybrid arrangement. I see absolutely no way he or I could actually do our jobs while taking care of our kids. It seems like we would do neither particularly well.

I definitely understand the one off situations of random school/daycare closures and not wanting to use PTO for those inconveniences. But as a regular practice? Ah, no.

+1.

[Anonymous]

This again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This again?

+1
OP this is not pervasive. Do you have a particular example you want to discuss rather than acting like it's the norm?

[Anonymous]

You certainly seem to a lot of time on your hands to start threads here, OP. Do you even work?

[Anonymous]

Someone asked me if I could pickup their kid from some activity this one day since I wfh. This kid has two parents. Both work, but you know.. so do I.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone asked me if I could pickup their kid from some activity this one day since I wfh. This kid has two parents. Both work, but you know.. so do I.

… were you already picking your kid up from said activity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WFH doesn't mean SAHP.

Arrange childcare when you go out for the day and your WFH partner is working.

Good thing your opinion doesn’t matter at all.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. I am a sahm and I carpool with other moms.

Is this really that difficult? Build yourself a community, even if you have a nanny or daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This again?

+1
OP this is not pervasive. Do you have a particular example you want to discuss rather than acting like it's the norm?

X10000

[Anonymous]

I WFH all but about 2 days per month.

I routinely stop to do kid stuff—lunches, a board game, drive them to their crap, shoot baskets, make them practice an instrument.

Not rocket science. I schedule my own calls/meetings and make sure clients get deliverables when expected. So long as that gets done I really couldn’t care less what OP or anyone else thinks. Cheers!