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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think facetime is that important. But 3:30 is WAY too early to leave. I still have a lot of meetings in the 4pm hour. I would be upset if my coworkers were all leaving that early. What about putting the kids in aftercare?

This is yet another reason it's ridiculous for the schools to have a significantly shorter day than working parents. Schools need to go until 4 or 4:30 to accommodate parents. [/quote]

Will you listen to yourself? That is a long day for kids. Why not put an effort into changing the culture of these offices? Everyone is clamoring for "family friendly" but when it comes down to it they want to preserve work at all costs and make kids pay for it. Work should be the flexible one here. It can happen but everyone is to busy being suckers. [/quote]

In many offices you are talking about a HUGE culture change. In our office we are still trying to push for telecommuting one day per week for the highest execs in the office. Even that is shot down and the people in the office who try to push for more family friendly policies are seen pretty poorly by the boss. Unfortunately unless you are the biggest top guy in your firm, there's not a lot you can do to change the minds at the top. You do what you have to do.
That said I don't think it's the schools job to work around parents. If you have kids one of your jobs is to figure out how to support your family. Whether one stays home, one works part time, someone has a more flexible job, or you do after care, that's up to the family to work out.[/quote]

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