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Anonymous wrote:I think housing has gotten so expensive that people are stretched super-thin. They can’t afford childcare so they try to wfh without it.

Was waiting for you to show up. Surprised you haven't blamed the boomers for this, too.

My boomer parents won't watch my kids, so I HAVE to keep them at home.

If you get your work done, what difference does it make? All my deliverables are completed on time and sometimes early. I am not wasting time doing coffee talk or hanging around cubicles chatting endlessly about sports, politics, etc. like when I was in the office. I also work instead of wasting 2 hours commuting. It’s just different. I work the same not less.

Anonymous wrote:I think housing has gotten so expensive that people are stretched super-thin. They can’t afford childcare so they try to wfh without it.

Was waiting for you to show up. Surprised you haven't blamed the boomers for this, too.

No Job is secure employees SHOULD take any advantage they can get. Go read the threads of people who were laid off suddenly. When I wfh I don’t take a lunch and work generally an additional hour every day. Yes I need to let my kids in and reheat leftovers for them to snack on. Or they ask where the remotes are while I’m on calls. But I do high volume processing and get metrics around accuracy and completion. WFH has improved metrics for our entire team. People have a life besides work.

DP but I have two co-workers who kept their infants at home for a full year while working full-time without any additional help (other than two WFH parents). One of them said she couldn't find childcare, the other one one said her mom was living with them (mom was definitely not living with them, we had mutual friends).

My friend is a GS-15 fed and she will mention how she reads a lot of personal books during the work day. She isn't even taking care of kids; just does her own while wfh

What does you being a mom of 2 have to do with any of this?

I think employers are afraid of lawsuits (even those without merit that still take time and money to defend).

Our company opted not to include any requirements for childcare in our telework policy that was updated towards the tail end of covid. When some flagged the omission as problematic, the lawyers pushed back saying it was intentional and not an oversight.

I thought the Feds required proof of childcare for those approved to WFH. Is that still true?

What I love are the stories about people working two full time jobs from home. And maybe some of them are doing it while also providing childcare to their kids?

Outside of the original mandatory quarantine at the very beginning of the pandemic, I don't know anyone that works from home without childcare.

I think housing has gotten so expensive that people are stretched super-thin. They can’t afford childcare so they try to wfh without it.

Anonymous wrote:You really think you’re original, eh? Couldn’t take two seconds to type your grievances into the Search field and find 5,000 threads on this topic?

You’ve not made one original point. Boring!

Then don't bother responding to this thread if you've seen it thousands of times before.

You really think you’re original, eh? Couldn’t take two seconds to type your grievances into the Search field and find 5,000 threads on this topic?

You’ve not made one original point. Boring!

I don't think this is a widespread practice.

Mom of two here. I find it ridiculous that people wfh on a regular basis and are clearly taking care of children at the same time. Suddenly they can't afford childcare even though they don't have to pump gas in the car for a daily commute? It's ridiculous. I'm not talking about the one off snow day or sudden emergency but a regular pattern. Amazed employers haven't started creating policies around this or making employee come into work. Classic example of fussing babies and children needing attention during virtual meetings. Employees are taking advantage and double dipping. Ridiculous.