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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly do you mean by “parent friendly”?  Have you looked at the Washingtonian magazine’s Best Places to Work issues?   [/quote]

I mostly mean being able to take time off when infants/toddlers are sick and daycare makes me pick them up and I have to use sick time. Also, being able to take them to doctors appointments and being able to use sick time or flex time. I've worked places before whereas long as I put my time in and work got done, I would never be hurt by taking time off. So it's not remote work that I care about (I'm hybrid), it's about realizing that kid things came up and the employer being flexible. This new organization is not like that at all for others and it's not even a for-profit company. [/quote]

Your kid will be constantly sick.  You need back up care.[/quote]

Find a firm that has emergency back up child care as a benefit. The good pam’s will have both a center drop in service for the school non federal holiday closings (located in your office building is key).

The even better programs will offer highly subsidized ($50 or less) last minute, no prior notice needed back up in home nanny care.

This service saved my life when I had a baby who seemed to be sick at least once a week. They provided 10 hrs a day of in-home care.

Your kid will run a fever or vomits while in Daycare, they will be sent home, and they won’t be allowed back until 24 hrs after symptoms resolve. I remember a time period where it felt like I was using the service every single week.

I’m fully remote now and it’s a game changer but even with hybrid you will need emergency childcare backup those first years.[/quote]

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