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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't lived in DC in a while. Have things changed SO much since the pandemic that people can't understand that a dual-career couple would have a kid in care from 8-630? This used to be 100% the norm so I am surprised at people shaming the parents for having kids in care "so long" unless it's a DCUM thing or one person?[/quote]

Because those long hours used to incorporate a long commute.   In situations where neither parent has a commute, why are such long hours necessary?
Both parents work a 10.5 hour work day every day?[/quote]

Do you not remember how, during Covid, companies expected (and still expect) maximum flexibility from the people who WFH? My company is cool with WFH but you better believe you are expected to work harder to prove you’re not abusing it. [/quote]

PP you quoted here. 
No, I definitely don't remember that being what people said about their work expectations.   Are you not familiar with J1 (job 1) J2 J3 guy that posts here?   Each of his work from home "full time" jobs required so few hours that he was able to juggle all three AND still post here a lot.[/quote]

Why would you take J1 guy as the norm? In my client facing role, [b]the expectation is that I am available with a same day response,[/b] where as pre COVID, you had the courtesy of 24 business hour response. My leadership is cool enough with WFH and flexible work schedules but since everyone knows we WFH they want to hear from you immediately. And if the client isn’t happy, leadership isn’t happy, so…[/quote]

"Same day" until what point?  Surely if your client emails you at 11:58 pm, they aren't expecting you to respond within the next two minutes?  [/quote]
Oh, got me there! Expectation with a west coast client is by 11am East Coast time. [/quote]

I'm still not clear what you are saying.    You said they expect a same day response.  So that's only until 11 am EST?   At 11:01 EST you are free to have a "next day response?"   [/quote]

If a client emails me after I log off for the night, I need to get back to them the next morning. My team knows I log off by 10:30pm but will respond starting 5:30am. So in your 11:58pm example, that is generally a west coat client of mine, they expect a response by the time they log in (~11 EST).  [/quote]

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