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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Split schedule is my dream. My oldest is having trouble at aftercare and is begging to be a walker. If I could just come home and telework 3-5pm that would be life changing. I have been debating quitting over it. [/quote]

You will not be working between 3-5pm because you will take care of your kids.  Split schedule just allows part-time with a full-time pay.[/quote]

:roll: This is an [b]ancient and boring debate[/b]. I always [b]assume[/b] the people who start it didn't do much actual parenting of their own kids or they'd realize how dumb they sound.

Plenty of kids are old enough to be alone in the house but can't physically get there without a ride (we don't have a bus). Or they are fine to do homework if someone's in the house for accountability (e.g., an adult would hear the TV turn on) but don't need interaction. [/quote]

"ancient and boring" does not mean it is not true.  Your assumption is wrong.[/quote]

DP and they are not wrong.  In elementary school my kids went to aftercare and I picked them up after work.  After the pandemic, they were in middle or high school.  The middle schooler was at a school with no buses.  With flexibility, I could pick them up at 3 to take them home and then go back to work.  They just needed the ride, they didn't need me minding them. But I didn't claim to work 3-5, I worked 3:30-5:30 and sometimes later.  I can get a lot done in the evening (night owl).  I am also lucky that the commute from work to home and from the school to home were all short.[/quote]

The issue with this is telework needs to be at the benefit of the taxpayer/government. It’s not there as a babysitting service. Too many people abused this and now we’re in the predicament we’re in now. Like you shouldn’t be cancelling childcare because you’re working from home, for instance. They can and will inspect your workplace, and if you have kids running around all day, you’re either neglecting them or neglecting your work, which is fraud.

So telework needs to save the taxpayer money, make work more efficient, etc. If you try to spin it as “well it’s easier for me to watch/pickup my kids” then you’re never going to get that back. [/quote]

We demonstrated during the pandemic that telework is more productive (more hours worked, more people available at odd hours / able to get on an early or late call). Agencies have productivity metrics that proved this. Agencies also saved on utilities and janitorial, and had the chance to reduce footprint which is an enormous savings. There is zero plausible argument that telework doesn't save the government money.

What kills telework is that it ALSO helps the employee. So many Americans have a hard time with the concept of a win-win. They are sure that if it's good for the employee then it must be bad for the employer. [/quote]

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