School closed 1/19/24

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

You realize you are probably addressing the redundancy? Riiight?

People could die within minutes? Then triple redundancies and fail-safes would be best practice. Riiight?

If the presence of a single individual is that critical, you need to re-design to better distribute your risk.

But you know that (I hope). You just want to whine about schools.

We had redundancies upon redundancies, but ultimately it's very hard to have redundancies in satellite communications, and automatic failovers to birds wasn't always smooth.

Then get back to work please?

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

You realize you are probably addressing the redundancy? Riiight?

People could die within minutes? Then triple redundancies and fail-safes would be best practice. Riiight?

If the presence of a single individual is that critical, you need to re-design to better distribute your risk.

But you know that (I hope). You just want to whine about schools.

We had redundancies upon redundancies, but ultimately it's very hard to have redundancies in satellite communications, and automatic failovers to birds wasn't always smooth.

Then get back to work please?

The system is no longer in use

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

I report directly to the president of the company, and they personally told me to stay home today. My job description in my training folder states it's a 40 hour/week position. I've normally got that covered by Wednesday. But I don't stop there. When it's go-time, it's go-time. And I'm very good at what I do. When there are no urgencies, I can work on my own schedule. You are growing tiresome. Good day. Sorry you can't have fun.

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I guess this video encapsulates the internal debate that went on in MCPS. Some people felt kids deserved the day off and others worry about kids falling behind.

So Dr. McKnight decided that kids should be trusted to be responsible and trusted to balance both themselves!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2SDy1cLDLM/

LMFAO. Has she met this generation of kids? Kids do what's required of them. Only the best, most studious kids who already were ahead and doing fine in classes will use today as a study day. The kids who actually need to study won't. And that's only at the middle and high school level.

There's nothing that elementary school students can do today independently.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

I like the cut of your jib.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

Spoiler alert: Upper management is home today playing video games with their kid between meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

Spoiler alert: Upper management is home today playing video games with their kid between meetings.

This! Sucks to be middle management.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

Oh dear...I'm the CEO of my own company. I let my employees work remotely because I'm not stuck in 1990 and I recognize that work/life balance and happier employees= more productivity. Small minds are the ones that think that employees in offices = productivity. Time to evolve with the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

Spoiler alert: Upper management is home today playing video games with their kid between meetings.

This! Sucks to be middle management.

Middle management has no purpose other than to micromanage employees which is why they hate remote work. Someone might realize they are absolutely worthless and cut their positions. This is well known in the corporate world.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

Yes, because I'm sure your employer is paying you your full-time salary to play with your daughter and not do other assigned work during your "down time." Get real.

I recognize the arrangement is beneficial to you, but I'm just saying it's not beneficial to employers and why many are calling their employees back to the office, so they can't pull off the exact scheme you just described.

You're pathetic. Peoples lives shouldn't revolve around work. I wasted so much time doing *nothing* in the office when there was no work to be done. It's an excuse to micromanage employees. Now when there's nothing to do, I can get real things in my actual life accomplished which I never had time to do before. You sound like middle management who is terrified of losing their job because remote work is the future and you refuse to accept it. *Shrugs* It'll continue to happen whether you like it or not, so better get used to it.

Actually YOU sound like middle management. Upper management recognizes that time is money and paying employees competitive wages to play with their kids is NOT a smart way to spend precious, limited financial resources.

Oh dear...I'm the CEO of my own company. I let my employees work remotely because I'm not stuck in 1990 and I recognize that work/life balance and happier employees= more productivity. Small minds are the ones that think that employees in offices = productivity. Time to evolve with the rest of us.

100% this. Employees are people, not products. You'll find bad apples, but high turnover is SO much more expensive than building a happy work force that feels appreciated.