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Kids can observe parents working at home and learn from that.  The issue is many are not working 9-5.  Tonight my husband had a call with his boss at 7 PM for an hour and another work call after that.  So, you expect him to go to work (with an hour+ commute each way), then come home to 2-3 more hours of work/calls and a few nights a week, being on call waking up in the middle of the night to deal with emergencies.  If you have a 9-5 job being in the office is no big deal, but when its not 9-5 its a huge deal.  He'd gladly go in if it was just 9-5 and no work at home.[/quote]

At some point it also becomes simply impractical....You want someone who has an hour commute each way to be in the office from 9-5:30 pm.  But you also want them to regularly give a presentation during a meeting that goes from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  If they commute home between 5:30-6:30 they are cutting it close; obviously trying to present while driving a car or sitting on public jtransportation are both bad ideas for safety and confidentiality reasons; and staying at the office from 9:00 am to 7:30 pm is a 10 hour day, not an 8 hour day. [/quote]

This. I’m not taking calls from the west coast on my way home from work. It’s impractical and also dangerous. I didn’t have these calls pre-Covid. This is after spending all day alone in a conference room on Teams. I’m looking for a new job.  [/quote]

Exactly. Can't have it both ways. You want me on a call with the California team? I'm not staying at the office late. I'm not shifting my day because I already have an 8AM standup. And I'm not taking my laptop home if there's no decency of flexibility on where I work. [/quote]

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