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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On another thread, people say that they telecommute when their kids are sick, as to avoid taking sick leave.  How do people actually do this? Do you get work done?  Do your kids have to be of a certain age for this? I cannot imagine telecommuting and also taking care of my 15 month old at the time. I recently took a sick leave to take care of her, and even though I was planning to make a work call during her nap time, I used those hours to do personal calls and clean up.

Perhaps, I am not seeing the obvious, and there is a way to get this done? I would love to save up my sick leave...[/quote]

Sick kids often sleep a lot - I have done work from home on sick days during long naps. In general, it is pretty hard to do much work when you're home with a sick kid - they tend to be home because they need you. I think it depends on the job and the office - I know when I've offered to do some work from home on a day when I've been home with a sick kid (or sick myself) it's been because of a deadline, and I think if there's a time crunch involved bosses may be willing to be more flexible. [/quote]

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