Anonymous wrote:You had a supervisor who worked regular hours and was efficient and expected the same of you? And you hated it because she expected you to be responsive when you preferred to do other things than work? This sounds like very different attitudes toward work and nothing about kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.

The two stories above are a great illustration of how this difference really stems from the childcare situation you have.

Anonymous wrote:Women are not industrial robots, they are individuals with different personalities, needs, circumstances, preferences and goals. How can you expect everyone to follow same schedule?

You have dentist visits as your biggest issue, someone else may not even have time for that as they have to go regularly for cancer treatment, elderly mom's dialysis, kid's therapist etc etc. Obviously some can order food while others prefer to cook fresh food. Wimen arent a monolith.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news. People actually want flexibility.

1/2 wants flexibility the other 1/2 does not want it. That is the conflict of work styles.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.

Anonymous wrote:Three jobs guy is bored now that he only has one job

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.

J1 guy, have you applied to run DOGE yet?

that should take 10 seconds to eliminate. 100 percent RTO, remove comp time, remove medical and pension for retirees for new hires so after the back to office folks refuse to go back they are replaced new people with no pension or medical in retirement.

American Express did something similar. 1-1-1993 no more pension or medical for new hires after that date, they then did layoffs in 1994, 2001 and 2008 and 2009 and by now most of retirees are dead and extremely few people hired pre 1-1-1993 survived that many rounds of layoffs. That is why the stock is so high, they lay off deadbeats and got rid of subsidizing ex employees in retirement.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.

J1 guy, have you applied to run DOGE yet?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully remote part time job (30 hrs/week) and LOVE the flexibility. I usually log on at 5 am or so and work a couple hours. Then the kids get up so I take a break to get them fed and off to school. Once they leave, I finish up the rest of my work and have the entire afternoon free. It's really the best of both worlds!

My manager is a 8am-430 pm schedule no exceptions. She puts kids on bus starts work, then she has hard end time. One staff I think quit over it. She takes lunch the same exact time every day and she also takes a 15 minute break exactly at bus stop pick up time. She peppers you with questions and only available during those house. She is very hands on with her staff. But as a working Mom she is 100 percent available for work when working but 100 percent unavailable outside those hours. You would be toxic with her. That's the issue. But to her it is freeing to compartmentalize work from her own life.