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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of two here.  I find it ridiculous that people wfh on a regular basis and are clearly taking care of children at the same time.  Suddenly they can't afford childcare even though they don't have to pump gas in the car for a daily commute? It's ridiculous.  I'm not talking about the one off snow day or sudden emergency but a regular pattern. Amazed employers haven't started creating policies around this or making employee come into work.  Classic example of fussing babies and children needing attention during virtual meetings.  Employees are taking advantage and double dipping.  Ridiculous. [/quote]

It works differently for different people. Human brain is programmed in such a way that it tries to find flaws, enlarge them and keep them in the permanent memory chamber. 
I am a parent of 2 two children and I work from home. I will tell you I end up spending 11+ hours working from home as I tend to keep my laptop always on. I start my work at 8 am after dropping off the kids and work until 5 pm. I also eat lunch at my home office desk often while attending meetings. My team is scattered through different time zones and I cannot block my calendar for an hour of lunch. I take a break at 5 pm, cook, do chores, spend time with kids. At the end of the day when the kids go to bed, I log in to just catch up on next day tasks. I see some emails invariably, respond and unknowingly dive into work. Almost everyday I spend 2 hours at night on my work laptop. By working from home, I am offering my employer 3 additional hours of "FREE" work.

Please do not condemn WFH policy and generalize things just because you found a bunch of people who you think are double dipping. Those type of people are the ones who would waste their and others time even if they go to office. There are kitchen chats, vending machine chats, bathroom breaks and what not at office.

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