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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Set your boundaries but you have to be willing to be fired for them. And a lot of late nights. [/quote]

This is all you can do. Outsource every single task you can so that all of your time at home is spent focused on the kids. Decide how many nights a week you will spend on work events and then stick to it. Also consider going to a lot of them now when you're new and then set a timeline for when it will taper off. "By the time school ends, I will only be going to one evening work event per week." Then stick to it.

Also, when bowing out of activities, say "CompanyX emphasizes work life balance so I'm going to lead by example." Let them be the ones to say "we don't actually want people to have balance."

Also find allies. Or since you are a VP, BE the ally. I had a coworker in another department who came in early and left at 3:30 sharp every day to be home for her kids. Her supervisor was supportive, and would say at the beginning of a meeting "coworker has to leave at 3:30, so let's try to wrap things by then." Honestly, I liked that it kept afternoon meetings focused and short.

So yes, in the end you need to set your boundaries and die on those hills if need be. And in the meantime, you can be the change. [/quote]

Outsourcing is a fallacy.  You need to manage and supervise people who you outsource stuff to, too.  [/quote]

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