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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ And I’m not saying only Feds do this. I know people in remote jobs in private industry too[/quote]

The funny thing is that outside of the early stage of the pandemic, I only know one person IRL that kept a baby home while working (a contractor) and even she admitted it was only possible because her mom/MIL helped out for 2-3 days per week (and once they were 18mo the kid went to daycare).  I definitely know quite a few parents who dropped or scaled back on before/aftercare, some of whom are scrambling becasue some days are full.  But are there really that many parents still WFH and caring for babies/toddlers fulltime?  How is that even functional....[/quote]

I don't know anyone who has done it.  It isn't functional.[/quote]

I completely agree. I don't know a single work-from-home parent who can manage that. Everyone I know was traumatized after COVID, trying to balance work with having their children at home. It's simply not sustainable. However, this reality doesn't align with the narrative of those who oppose remote work. They want to believe that everyone working from home is somehow gaming the system, which reinforces their argument that no one is productive outside of the office. It's amusing because just because someone is physically present in the office doesn’t guarantee productivity either. We had one woman who spent most of her time online shopping and another guy who could talk about sports for hours. There are always a few bad apples, no matter where you are.[/quote]

Yeah you can stop the schtick. Aside from every normal person recognizing inefficiencies literally everywhere, there’s been lots of studies on this 5 years in and people are not as productive working from home. Save your gaslighting, you’re just wrong. Perhaps there’s another solution for working parents and productive work environments, but full time WFH isn’t it and demanding it is when the whole world can see with their own eyes is not helping. [/quote]

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