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[quote=Anonymous][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]
+1

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]

Man I cannot relate at all. I can't work on a presentation while breastfeeding, or really deeply focus on work while my kids are eating or playing. If I'm "on duty" with my kids while trying to work any given task takes 5x as long. [/quote]

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