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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scenario: Accounting Dept. mid-size Company. Business hours 8am-5pm.

Me: Mom to two teenage kids.
Coworker: Mom to a Kindergarten
We have been working together for two years. I'm senior to her just because I've been with the company for many years.

When her kid was in Daycare, coworker was occasionally out for doctor's app., child sickness or vacation. Basic PTO. When she's out I have to cover for her due to the deadlines in her duties, however, she does NOT cover for me if I'm out which normally is for Vacation time.

Things have drastically changed since her kid has started Elementary school.  She put her kid in before and after school care at first but dropped it due to the cost. Then got accepted in school's child care and dropped it as well. She instead requested to start her hours at 6:30am leave by 3pm to be able to pick her kid up from school. It was approved.
She's also taking days off when school is out/holiday. For example she's leaving early on Friday (school early release) and will be out one day next week (School holiday), for Election day, her husband will take the day off.

Normally this is NONE of my business but, again, when she's out I have to cover her duties. When my kids were young I was a SAHM and when they started school I worked PT. Now that they are older I'm back to working full time. I didn't burden my job or my coworkers to deal with my daycare issues...

I'm looking at the school's calendar I see many more holidays and early release days ahead and I don't want to seem like I'm not a team player at work but think it's unfair I have to carry that burden. Both my dept. as well as my coworker seems comfortable with the arrangement, except me.

Any ideas on how I could handle this situation? I'm starting to become resentful towards my coworker while she's all happy and giddy.

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Why don’t you ask your boss why you have to cover your coworker’s duties but no one reciprocates for you? Do you just keep your head down and accept what you’re told? The squeaky wheel always gets the grease. [/quote]

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