RTO woes

[Anonymous]

How are you guys dealing with the RTO woes?

I am in the office 5 times a week, but thankfully my husband’s agency has had no choice but to make staff work from home due to lack of office space.

I am taking some PTO on Mondays to help out with meets. I miss my kids, but it is what it is.

What are others doing? Want to get an idea in the event we have to do it next year. Get a summer nanny? Oh lord!! I thought I was done with that phase!

[Anonymous]

Are you a troll? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Evening practice. Parent leaves early for meets.

[Anonymous]

Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

[Anonymous]

Not me thinking this post was about Relay Take Offs.

[Anonymous]

Another post about this?? Seriously figure it out! It’s not rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not me thinking this post was about Relay Take Offs.

Same!

[Anonymous]

Same way people did it before WFH was a thing. Rush around or hire summer sitters etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

Sure it is. With a 5:30 start, kids have to be at the meet around 4:30. You’ll need to get them ready when you get home - suits, goggles, caps, snacks/food. Depending how far office is, parent may need to leave around 3:45/4pm. That can be a bit early at some organizations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

Sure it is. With a 5:30 start, kids have to be at the meet around 4:30. You’ll need to get them ready when you get home - suits, goggles, caps, snacks/food. Depending how far office is, parent may need to leave around 3:45/4pm. That can be a bit early at some organizations.

Then you hire a babysitter. This isn’t rocket science. People have been doing this for years and somehow manage to figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Carpool and get your kid a ride to the meet. You meet them there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

Sure it is. With a 5:30 start, kids have to be at the meet around 4:30. You’ll need to get them ready when you get home - suits, goggles, caps, snacks/food. Depending how far office is, parent may need to leave around 3:45/4pm. That can be a bit early at some organizations.

Then you hire a babysitter. This isn’t rocket science. People have been doing this for years and somehow manage to figure it out.

Relax. I’m PP you’re responding to. I don’t have a dog in this fight. My kids are older and driving to swim team now. When they were younger, local grandparents helped as well as we hired summer nannies.

I was only reacting to the comment about 5:30 not being a “struggle” to get home from work by. At my current employer, it would be a struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

Sure it is. With a 5:30 start, kids have to be at the meet around 4:30. You’ll need to get them ready when you get home - suits, goggles, caps, snacks/food. Depending how far office is, parent may need to leave around 3:45/4pm. That can be a bit early at some organizations.

I have worked all kinds of different schedules during my kids' summer swim time. But when we've had camp and evening weekday meets, all those things were packed in the car in the morning, so we went straight from camp pick up to the meet. We didn't go first. We also generally carpooled and so it was 1 out of 4 or 6 parents who had to leave that early. The other parents could arrive later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our meets start at 5:30. It’s not some kind of struggle to be home by then.

Sure it is. With a 5:30 start, kids have to be at the meet around 4:30. You’ll need to get them ready when you get home - suits, goggles, caps, snacks/food. Depending how far office is, parent may need to leave around 3:45/4pm. That can be a bit early at some organizations.

Sorry I wasn't clear. My kids have to be at the meet at 5:30. They start the national anthem at 6pm. I leave work at 4:30, but I get in at 6 or 7am, so it's definitely a full day. DH leaves work at 5.

Many feds in my office work 6-2:30 or 7-3:30. There are very few people here past 5pm since we aren't supposed to be working extra unpaid hours and they're looking closely at our timesheets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carpool and get your kid a ride to the meet. You meet them there.

We have a lot of this for away meets.