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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should manage childcare for RTO the same way you manage it for WFH. You are not supposed to be dropping off and picking up on the clock. Nor are you supposed to be caring for your kids at home. You were supposed to have a childcare plan this whole time. WFH is not your childcare plan. Why are you just now trying to figure it out.[/quote]
Oh FFS! You can't be so obtuseas to not understand the concept of a commute.[/quote]
How do you think people got to work prior to COVID making everyone feel entitled to WFH? Do you think people were flown into work on the wings of angels? Are commutes a brand-new thing that just occurred a few weeks ago? I can see where you feel it sucks that the gig is up, but this is not impossible to navigate. It just may be impossible to navigate 100% on your terms. [/quote]

Before Covid, people had years to make childcare plans. I was given 3 days notice to RTO. That makes it difficult for some to figure something out that covers the extra time spent commuting, especially mid school year. [/quote]
Before COVID people prioritized their commute when buying a home. With record low interest rates, people purchased homes further away than they would have pre-COVID. Now they’re stuck with outrageous commutes that even make standard childcare hours difficult. It sounds like everyone in this thread has a 2 hour commute each way. [/quote]

You write as though everyone has single income households. My husband and I have ALWAYS struggled with having jobs in different places and figuring out who gets the outrageous commute. We are both very specialized in our fields and there have never been jobs for both of us open in the same time and place.

My husband got flexibility and telework before I did (pre-covid), so we used to live closer to my work. Then I got telework ability and he got a 5 day in person job, so we moved closer to his. Nobody having any flexibility is a new and frankly worse world for us. 
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