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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you all insane? You fought for this life???[/quote]

WOHM here. I can't help thinking this too.[/quote]

Wait, so because a few women on a thread are struggling to figure out how not to look bad with daycare pickup you think women shouldn't aspire to earn a living or have a career?

What is interesting is that I see a lot of perceptions of women on this thread that daycare pick up will be bad for their career, but less tangible stories of women being fired. I'm the PP who was asked to stay until 6, declined so I could get to the nanny in time by continuing to leave at 5:30, found a new job and was offered 40% more to stay (and a flexible schedule to boot).

Employers will try to get away with what they can but not all of us will be fired. We are often afraid of the perception. A (male) member of the senior leadership in my current company (who has kids and a wife with a demanding job, so has a flex schedule so he can take care of things at home) made a great observation: He said women ask for flexibility, and men just take it. I think the tendency is for women to apologize or feel bad for things like leaving at 5, even though they are committed employers who are competent, diligent, and produce great results for the company. We need to get over this mindset. [/quote]

great post! Ever since I had kids I take the attitude that sick leave and flex time are there for a reason, and that as long as I am getting my work done (which includes overtime and late nights as needed) then I am doing ok. I firmly believe that it would be impossible for an employer to never hire people of childbearing age, so I take it as a given that I can work my family responsibilities into my schedule without compromising my job in any way. At the same time, I have made flexibility and the presence of other mothers in the office one of the things I look for at the outset when applying for new jobs so I don't end up in some sexist hellhole. And even without kids I would never want a 60 hr/week job so that has never been an issue for me. I'd say the only thing I have had to compromise on was not applying for jobs that might require a lot of travel, since I don't like to be away from my kid for long stretches. [/quote]

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