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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s. [/quote]

We all agree that you truly don’t get it, PP.[/quote]

+1. It was like this when I raised my kids, born in 2002 and 2004. And I ended up feeling like a crappy employee, a crappy spouse and a crappy parent.  It wasn’t good for my kids. It wasn’t good for my mental health. If I close my eyes, I can still panic of last minute snow days and kids waking up with fevers in my gut.  Moving into a federal 3 telework days a week job with 9:30 to 2:30 core hours (but can take a half hour lunch 11:30-1:30) was a game changer.  Just because I did it for ten years doesn’t mean women coming after me should have to. It’s better for employees, kids, and families if a job can allow telework and flex schedule.  And it’s true that not all jobs can have telework.  But maybe job flexibilities, like job availability and job pay,  are something people should consider when accepting a job or choosing a career.   And the “I suffered so you should too” attitude is, frankly, gross. How about “I suffered, and I don’t wish that on my own kids and their peers as they enter the workforce”?[/quote]

I completely agree with you but I also think some people are just pointing out that people like [b]OP are screaming bloody murder after two months of living like many people lived their entire careers.[/b] Our country is in a scary place and we are all going to need some resilience to get through a tough time. In my own family, we’ve been affected but we are doing our best to keep our heads up and enjoy life despite being put out by our less flexible schedule. Perhaps the difference is we do not see this as a forever thing, just a time to get through.[/quote]

the gaslighting is sad.  You haven't had this your entire career.  You haven't been told sunday night that your new schedule forever after is 10-6p starting Monday.  You haven't been through any of this.[/quote]

Had it every Sunday night for eight years in my old job, I often travel to different cities on short notice.

Also worked OT all the time and vacations canceled last minute a lot.

Big deal that’s why it is called a job. [/quote]

Again, the gaslighting is sad if you think this is about JUST the change in schedule.  Read the news and get some compassion.[/quote]

Being asked to work a normal 40 hour workweek in the office with no OT and a lunch break is hardly gas lightening,

I had a BS quasi govt job for several years in 1990s. I had tons of free time and a slower pace. I worked 830 am to 5 pm. Zero OT. We literally stopped working 445 pm, packed up got coats,, went bathroom and left 5 pm on dot. Now that is too much, really? [/quote]

Have you: 1) had thousands of your colleagues illegally fired suddenly and then lied about by their employers for being poor performers? 2) been told by the President that you are lazy, publicly? 3) had a horde of social media sycophants deride you constantly for just earning a living?  4) watched your colleagues be illegally fired for having taken training required by your office?  5) not had a desk to sit down at when you go to the office?

I could go on here, but the context of the RTOs, the sudden schedule changes, the complete lack of flexibility in work hours, and on and on....it adds up.

You haven't had all of this happen to you in your worklife.  You want to look at one tiny piece of this narrative and be a jacka$$.[/quote]

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