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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a baby during the pandemic and have been wfh for months. I can’t imagine being away from my baby 9 consecutive hours for 5 days now. If I am forced to go back 5 days, I will likely quit, but may reconsider if there’s wfh at least a couple of days a week. [/quote]

Yeah I don’t know how we are going to put this genie back in the bottle for a micro-generation of moms who didn’t have to send their 12 week olds to daycare or pay for a nanny. It’s clear to me that as a practical matter this can’t become the status quo (“work from home” with no infant care) but I have to assume a lot of these moms will drop out of the workforce. [/quote]
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I mean surely this subset of pandemic moms either a. Didn't have a very demanding job to begin with or b. Were not performing at 100%/for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. We all KNOW one cannot work with an infant, 1 year old or 2 year old at home en toe.[/quote]

Some of them did fine, because they worked when the child was asleep, eating or occupied.  It's pretty easy to have a baby nap or breastfeed while working on a presentation.  And kids that have a solid 11-12 hours overnight plus 1-2 naps during the day?  It just takes flexing when you do your work (if work allows that).[/quote]

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