Has anyone worked from home with a 1 year old?

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Truthfully, how is it?

[quote chineybumps]@Kite22 i'm talking about the people that come onto MN saying, 'you can lose your job as it's in your contract that it's not allowed.' I'm clearly talking about the people who say it's WRITTEN in your contract[/quote]
It might be in a policy or employee handbook rather than in the employment contract itself but can still be contractually binding eg the contract might state that you must abide by all policies as updated from time to time, and the need for childcare while WFH is written into a remote working policy.

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IMO if people continue to see wfh as a get-out from paying childcare they run the risk that employers will be far less likely to employ women of childbearing age any more, or they will remove the provision for working from home.

Haven't read the full thread but this this this!

[quote chineybumps]@Kite22 i'm talking about the people that come onto MN saying, 'you can lose your job as it's in your contract that it's not allowed.' I'm clearly talking about the people who say it's WRITTEN in your contract[/quote]
Usually it's written in the remote working policy which you will have been asked to agree to at some point, but feel free to split that hair.

I know a few people who do 1 day wfh with their 1/2/3 year old. If it's both parents, they split their time with child. I think it is their least productive day

Duri g lockdown last year I tried working from home with a one year old and it was impossible. I was unable to get more than a 15 minute period of concentration and I got hardly anything done. I then hired a babysitter to come to the house to look after him while I worked from home but that was pretty much the same. Even if. i shut myself away in the bedroom the baby knew where I was and was always coming to look for me. The only time I got any real time to work uninterrupted was when he was having snack time and nap time. Luckily I only work part time so I wasnt getting too far behind but as soo. As restrictions were relaxed and he was able to be looked after outside of the home he was sent elsewhere while I worked

I was thinking of going this for half a day a week OP but not sure how realistic this

Well U won't get much done but if ur employer is flexible u cld catch up later in the evening or at wkends. I wouldn't want to have to do that all the time though.

I remember coming bk from mat leave and mentioning to my boss if they do another lockdown there's no way I can work with a 1yr old and 3yr old around. She was quite oh I know it's hard but u wld manage, we all had to it at the first lockdown! I think she forgot what it was to have a 1 yr old as her child was 3 so sat next to her on a tablet or colouring etc. It cld be very dangerous to not have ur eyes on a 1yr old at all times.

I tried it for the first time recently as didn't have childcare at the last minute. My youngest was just turned 2 and eldest 4. I didn't last very long. Done about 3hrs over the course of my working day and then done a few more hours at night time but was still down on my usual hours. Eldest one was quite gd but still kept coming over to show me stuff while I was in meetings lol. Youngest kept coming over climbing on me and saying I want a cuddle 😂