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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I WFH sometimes and believe me, I never WANT my toddler to be home from daycare.

Agree the norm should be to have childcare coverage during working hours.

When there are multiple young children in daycare just please be aware that sick days are frequent, especially if one kid is an infant getting illnesses for the first time. So the employee in question may not have much choice, and you may actually be getting more work out of them if the choice is WFH day vs. sick day with no work.[/quote]

Yea but before covid and the advent of WFH these days were far fewer.  Clearly lots of mothers are taking advantage. [/quote]

Are fathers taking advantage?[/quote]

Seriously.

Also, the fathers who aren’t “taking advantage” of WFH flexibility are taking advantage of the mothers who are.

Same with the parental leave issue.  So much of the American workforce relies on mothers doing two or three things at once because of the minimal express support parents of kids under ten or so are given. (yes, not all mothers/fathers/kids/employers- I for one had an employer that paid me enough to have reliable childcare, mostly pre-COVID, but even some care during).

Also, let’s be real - most jobs that involve several meetings with multiple throughout the day don’t actually need 40 hours a week of sustained, focused work.   Most of it can be done in a LOT less time, in bursts scattered throughout the work week for various reasons. [/quote]

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