To request WFH after Mat Leave ends

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Workdilemmahelp · 18/01/2023 16:31

Hello, just want some thoughts & advice:

Before mat leave I was working in the office 5 days a week, in my final month of pregnancy I worked from home full time (was advised by HR due to working in healthcare/covid risk)

I am due to return to work in a few months and previously emailed in to see if I could WFH 3x a week, and office x2 due to nursery costs - I can only really afford to send DS twice a week. My mum is able to help look after DS on days I WFH, but cannot help full time as she also works mornings and late afternoons.

HR have said it is not fair on other staff and to work effectively I would need to be in the office more days than I WFH.

AIBU? What can I do?

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Squamata · 30/01/2023 20:56

TheOrigRights · 27/01/2023 19:31

In order for the middle class to afford childcare they have to have a combine income of 150K per year to live comfortable. Child care in my area is 2K per month for one.

Where do you live, and what sort of childcare is this? How do you define comfortable? I am pretty sure many, many families have 2 children in childcare and earn way less than 150K.

That said I do know lots of people who have spaced their children apart so as not to need to have 2 in childcare. These are people on a lot less than 150K (I'm talking about peers in the same work place so I have an idea of what salaries are, I don't discuss money with people in general).

From the post I think @adam7887 is in the us

$150k is about £120k but US system works differently (less social welfare etc)

Plus middle class in US is not the same as middle class here, confusingly!

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