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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Start looking for another job. You will probably have to take a pay cut to find something that allows you to show up at 9:30 am and leave at 4:00.[/quote]

She said she was 9-9:30 to 5 and then logged in at home to do work. [b]For someone with a long commute this is the only way to spend any time with your kids. Her commute is an hour so she is out of the house 8-6. [/b]She probably sees her kids for two hours a day three days a week. Not to mention her husband is picking up the slack when she stays late (I assume). I don't think the OP is out of line for wanting the level of flexibility she does but I fault her for not having a better sense of the team and the team culture before moving roles because she was already at the company and had more access to that group than someone on the outside and flexibility is really important to her. Now thy boundaries people! If flexibility is really important don't take a good situation for granted. I mean, go for big opportunities but understand that there are usually drawbacks to high visibility promotion-track positions.[/quote]

It's not her company's (nor her co-workers) responsibility to see that she has time with her kids.   They are there to do work.    She can propose (or just "charge ahead") creating her own hours that are better for her, but if her company/boss says no she has other choices.
-move closer to her work so she has a shorter commute
-just accept that she will have less time with her kids
-quit[/quote]

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