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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Well considering their kids are in before and after care, it sounds like they are school aged and not being supervised all day. Relax, most parents don’t want to work and care give. We did that during COVID and it was awful.

However, a school day is generally ~7 hours. With the bus, our kids are out of the house 8:15-4:00. With no commute and 2 parents teleworking, we were able to stagger hours and our kids didn’t have to spend extra time in childcare. I used to work 7:30-4. DH would work 8:30-5. Occasionally we’d mix things around if one of us had a meeting/deadline/doctor’s appt or whatever. [/quote]

The beauty of telework is being able to flex your schedule. I would often get up and work like 5-7 am, get the kids off to school, and then work 830 or 9 to 3 or 330 pm. Kids get home at 4 so I never needed before or after care. I'd do something similar on days I had doctors appointments or school events or whatever, but started even earlier in the morning so I didn't even need to take any leave unless I left town. My agency got so much work out of me. People are just jealous of that kind of flexibility is what it comes down to. [/quote]

Right. as long as you are being reasonable with the flexing and not refusing to meet after 3pm. [/quote]

This is a management issue, not a telework issue. I’ve never heard of a worker refusing late meetings when there is a genuine reason for them— time zone issues, etc.[/quote]

It's a telework issue in that I'm not available after I leave the building unless I can telework. Be flexible with me so that I can be flexible with you. 
I work 6:30 to 3:00 because I'm on calls that start at 7 a.m. I can't also join your 4 p.m. meeting unless something gives.[/quote]

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