NC. Will preface this: I’m pregnant, and I’ve worked in the early years sector for lots of years. I cannot imagine working from home with a young child, even one who sleeps a lot, unless it is an absolute emergency and even then I can imagine work suffers or you end up making the hours back up late at night. Despite this I can totally understand why people do and would never judge anyone for it, you do what you have to do. The cost of childcare being the main reason and then the availability of it. Some providers didn’t have space until my DC would be nearly two and I was enquiring less than a week after finding out I was pregnant.
Reading some older threads on here, people seem to share my view or have stronger opinions about why it’s wrong to WFH with a young child.
However, my experience of what people do IRL (might just be among those I know) is vastly different. I know a handful of people in various professions who admit to either them WFH or their partner working from home with the child there, for at least one day a week, to help cut costs down. Even my DM who always worked a hybrid position used to work from home whilst me and my sister were very young and said she just managed it and enjoyed the flexibility!!!
AIBU to think it actually happens a LOT more in real life than people are happy to admit?
AIBU?
To think more people WFH with DC than let on
Thorts · 29/03/2024 14:05
trackertoo · 29/03/2024 14:09
why are you name changing?
you don’t balance childcare and wfh
doppelganger2 · 29/03/2024 14:19
what is your aibu? I wfh regularly as I have no access to childcare. I do my job what is the issue?
theeyeofdoe · 29/03/2024 14:22
We obviously you can't care for your child properly and work at the same time.
doppelganger2 · 29/03/2024 14:19
what is your aibu? I wfh regularly as I have no access to childcare. I do my job what is the issue?
theeyeofdoe · 29/03/2024 14:22
We obviously you can't care for your child properly and work at the same time.
doppelganger2 · 29/03/2024 14:19
what is your aibu? I wfh regularly as I have no access to childcare. I do my job what is the issue?
theeyeofdoe · 29/03/2024 14:22
We obviously you can't care for your child properly and work at the same time.
doppelganger2 · 29/03/2024 14:19
what is your aibu? I wfh regularly as I have no access to childcare. I do my job what is the issue?
TheKeatingFive · 29/03/2024 14:19
You're probably right. However it will be hard for employers to prove it I suspect.
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:37
It’s rife where I work and I’d say fairly obvious to spot but management doesn’t want to get involved. It drives me mad that people are getting paid the same as me and only doing half as much work though.
calligraphee · 29/03/2024 14:39
The obvious question is why you choose to do twice as much work as you think you need to?
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:37
It’s rife where I work and I’d say fairly obvious to spot but management doesn’t want to get involved. It drives me mad that people are getting paid the same as me and only doing half as much work though.
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:40
I’m not - I’m doing a normal amount of work for the hours I’m paid for. My point was that many of my colleagues are spending half of the same hours they’re paid for looking after children instead. And yet we’re paid the same.
calligraphee · 29/03/2024 14:39
The obvious question is why you choose to do twice as much work as you think you need to?
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:37
It’s rife where I work and I’d say fairly obvious to spot but management doesn’t want to get involved. It drives me mad that people are getting paid the same as me and only doing half as much work though.
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trackertoo · 29/03/2024 14:42
shit management then
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:40
I’m not - I’m doing a normal amount of work for the hours I’m paid for. My point was that many of my colleagues are spending half of the same hours they’re paid for looking after children instead. And yet we’re paid the same.
calligraphee · 29/03/2024 14:39
The obvious question is why you choose to do twice as much work as you think you need to?
fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/03/2024 14:37
It’s rife where I work and I’d say fairly obvious to spot but management doesn’t want to get involved. It drives me mad that people are getting paid the same as me and only doing half as much work though.
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