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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of little kids with a 2 hour commute (I sought out a remote job because we live near my spouse's 5 day a week in person job), let me tell you how this is going to work.

I'm going to have to use a full day of leave for every appointment and every kid sick day, instead of a few hours split with my partner and/or making up work late. When I inevitably catch the flu or whatever after being home with sick kids, I'll be too low on leave to stay home longer, so I'll be bringing my illness on the train, metro, and into the office.

This is how it was with my oldest before I had a telework friendly job. I went in with pinkeye. I went in coughing and sneezing all day. I just didn't have the leave. [/quote]

I have sympathy for you because this is new, but know that many of us have dealt with this all along and are proof that you’ll be okay.

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+1 this was normal until 2020. But it also meant that women who are parents were less likely to advance in their roles. I had kids in daycare and remember breaking down in tears when I got a call to pick them up AGAIN because I thought I might lose my job.

Through remote work over the last 5 years I've been promoted twice and make almost double what I did before. [b]Flexible schedules made that possible[/b].[/quote]

I don't think we've begun to wrap our heads around how this is going to affect families and women. It's like 10 steps back. And before anyone says well the private sector has been doing this forever - no. Many many private sector workers have job flexibilities. [/quote]

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