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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is just bitter because her kids are strangers to her, or she has no kids because she is infertile. Now she is mad because "how dare they stay home and then expect to get a job. I didn't take time off, so I will look down on those who did."

I prefer men in the workplace. I am glad I don't have to deal with bitches like you.[/quote]

Really?  Get help, honey.  Way to project your own obvious anger on others.[/quote]

OP here. I took extended maternity leave for my first. When I gave birth to my second, my husband's work relocated our family and I was able to stay home an extra few months with my child. I was desperate to go back to work. I worked my whole life, have earned ivy league degrees and put in my dues when I was in my 20's. I now work 40 hours a week, which is half of what I used to work.

I am neither infertile nor bitter. I just prefer not to hire women with resume gaps of 5+ years.[/quote]

Right. Like I said, your kids are strangers to you. Your career is more important than your kids and you have an issue with women who take the opposite approach.[/quote]

SAHMs who spout nonsense like this are certainly not making it easier for those SAHMs who are trying to reenter the workforce.  We WOHMs are the ones doing the hiring, so you'd get a lot further by not insulting us.[/quote]

In my field I'm much, much more likely to be interviewed and hired by men, most of whom are a decade or two older than I am (I'm 43).  I've remained in close touch with my former colleagues as well as more senior management.  You know what?  They seem to think it's quite responsible of me to take time off.  In short, it's virtually irrelevant what WOHMs think of my staying home in terms of my job prospects.

Also, I hear an ear-full at times about irresponsible women (and one man) who are parents and simply don't put in the required time and commitment after having kids.  I assure you they aren't going anywhere with their careers at that organization.  In fact, I've been asked twice in the past year to apply for positions I know my former female colleagues with kids were applying for.  In neither case was a female with kids promoted.  The women have no idea how clearly they are being passed over and how their work is viewed.  Nobody wanted to give an employee, especially a mother, a negative performance review (what a legal headache), so these women receive lovely reviews, just not promotions.  [/quote]

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