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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, and it is terrible.  We had been going in 2x a week and 1x a week, respectively, so one parent was always home to walk the dog and pick up kids.  Now our children are in beforecare as well as aftercare and we have a dog walker so we can be on Zoom or Teams meetings all day in our offices.[/quote]

So who watched your kids while you were teleworking? You can’t supervise kids who belong in daycare and work at the same time. So you either ripped off the taxpayer with illegal childcare, or neglected your kids. [/quote]

DP but even little kids don’t need to be constantly minded. They can be trained to entertain themselves for an hour or two between 3:30 and when parents finish working. That is not neglect.

A lot of families were hurt by RTO not because of needing actual childcare, but because of transportation issues. [/quote]

But that’s their own fault. Nobody is forcing these people to live hours away from the office. Most people bought homes pre-pandemic and have plenty of equity to move closer to work. They’re just too lazy, holding onto that 2% rate when they should realistically move and let somebody else enjoy that house. And that’s what it is, a house. It’s not a HoMe or a “forever home” or some other BS that’s been sold by realtors since 2020 to get people to overpay for housing.

Live near where you work, with an easy commute. This is the #1 rule for finding housing and how to live a life without being stressed out. Too many people moved far away when they were only on a telework agreement (not remote) and now they’re complaining about their own poor decisions. [/quote]

Cool story. I did live near my office. I could have walked on a nice day. Paid a lot to live close in for a short commute. Guess what … I’ve had to “return” to an office I had never been to before. It’s just a place I’m being warehoused to sit in a cube alone on a computer to check some RTO box, no way I could have dreamt I’d ever end up in this random building.

Also, no way can I afford to give up my 3% interest rate. Buying a cheaper home would cost me more money. And my kids would be ripped from their schools and activities. Even if I were open to moving there is no way in hell I’d plan my life around a fed job right now. Imagine uprooting, spending tens of thousands on moving/closing costs, and then getting RIF’d because some DOGE bro (yes they’re still around) decides to do another needless reorg or assign you to some other office.

God I feel so bad for you sycophants who worship employers and think it’s normal for employees to upend their lives to jump through whatever random hoop of the day is being thrown at them. [/quote]

My agency had people who were RTOd to offices that they didn't know existed until they were assigned there, and then months later were told to move across the country to a different office. [/quote]

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