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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't want a job that is so strict on the hours (um, my job is like that but I am looking for a new one! I mean I wouldn't take a NEW job unless I was desperate). I'm sorry - I pay a ton to live close in and my commute is still easily 45 minutes. It is hard to find aftercare or daycare that goes past 6:30 and if you leave at 6 and have pick up....that is tough. These strict hours would be a deal breaker for many parents, and not just parents of young kids.

I have to work 8:30 to 5:30 and even though my husband has super flexible hours, we opted to get a nanny once our oldest started school since we couldn't figure out how to do two pick up/drop offs. We are lucky we can afford a nanny, I know not everyone can. If all goes well, I will start a job that lets me leave at 5 most nights starting after the holidays, since I can't even keep this schedule up for much longer (at some point in the next two years we want to do full time daycare with preschool for our youngest).

OP, my advice would be to negotiate schedule after the offer, and I do agree you probably shouldn't have said anything, but if that is the culture and there are no exceptions (like my office or at least my department, you can either leave at 5:30 or 6 basically and have to start 9 hours before either way), do you really want to work there? Since I've been looking for a new job I've found a lot of great places where people work hard but they are not so super strict with hours.

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