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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some don't understand.

Some are jealous because they are in a field that doesnt allow such flexibility.

Some can't adjust to workplace evolution. "This is how it's always been done!"

[b]Some think a woman's place in the house is barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen[/b]. [/quote]

Some do not realize that WFH is not the female dream you envision it to be. Working from home often means women doing more work, more responsibilities, more multi-tasking.  You replace the commute time with a FULL time worker, cleaner, cook, mother. Impossible to do everything and be everything all at the same time.

I'd much rather go to an office an have clear boundaries. I worked form home for 6 years, and went back to an office on purpose during Covid, before my kids were even back in school.  I was quickly burnt out on being all things at all times to everyone.   [/quote]

Fake news. I am a woman who went from 100% WFH to 100% in office. I still have all the same responsibilities with 10 hours less per week to do it due to the added commute. So at the end of the day what ends up getting cut is free time with family. [/quote]

You have a different perspective doesn’t make the other person’s viewpoint and experiences fake news.[/quote]

No, this is in our family too.[/quote]

DP. You have a different experience. Still not fake news. It’s easier for sure with a remote parent, but that parent can end up taking on more hands on and hands off parenting responsibilities and that can definitely lead to burnout. It is better when both parents have flexibility. [/quote]

That’s not what is happening moron. It’s not like one parent is being recalled while the other is getting more remote days. It’s a net loss of 10 hours for the family. Who gains? I guess CRE, oil and gas, car manufacturers.[/quote]

Ok, well you have zero self awareness. And along the same lines, the federal government does not employ everyone. For emphasis, not everyone is being recalled because some people were working in office or in hospital while you were working at home. And [b]it is hard for the parent who is at home acting as the catch all for parenting duties while the other person is working and largely unavailable[/b]. I am not the PP, but as someone who WFH I can relate to feeling burned out. So step off. This entire conversation is not about your lived experience. [/quote]

NP.  If you and the PP who started this tangent could refrain from sweeping generalizations and simply state your experiences and preferences as your own you'd get a lot less push back.  It was hard for you to work from home. It was hard for the original commenter who said "Some do not realize that WFH is not the female dream you envision it to be. Working from home often means women doing more work, more responsibilities, more multi-tasking. You replace the commute time with a FULL time worker, cleaner, cook, mother. Impossible to do everything and be everything all at the same time."  Many, many, many people preferred WFH because of the lack of commute, because they could do laundry or run an errand on their lunch break instead of small talk in the office, because they could flex the 15 minutes it took to pick up the kids at the bus.  Surely you can see how those things would be nice for many.  It's fine if it wasn't your cup of tea, but assuming you had the choice to RTO when WFH didn't work well for you, consider that others would like the ability to make a different choice. [/quote]

Do you not understand that the entire conversation up until the PP who introduced this tangent was from the perspective of WFH is universally better for parents and moms. No one was stating “my lived experience”. People have different experiences and are going to have different challenges going into an office or WFH. Why can’t that be enough? Why must the conversation devolve into calling people morons because their experience was different. [/quote]

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