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Because this is the woman who had a nursery built in her office so that someone would attend to her kids while she worked, while at the same time not extending
by AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
Because this is the woman who had a nursery built in her office so that someone would attend to her kids while she worked, while at the same time not extending this same courtesy to any of her female employees.
Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children, sends the message that she is uniquely allowed to work and be a mom, while everyone else can pound sand.
- chapium 10y agoWhy just female employees? Dads need to care for their kids as well.
- qq66 10y ago"Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children" Not in the slightest. The lower one's income, the lower the chance that they will be allowed to work remotely. You can't work at McDonalds remotely.
- exstudent2 10y agoRegardless of income, there's no reason to force developers to be on site. That Mayer went to such great lengths to have her preferred childcare setup at work but didn't extend any options to other parents is extremely poor leadership.
- wesd 10y ago>Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children I haven't seen anyone who can look after a small child and work at the same time. Either you're working or looking after the child. On the other hand if your argument is that Yahoo should have offered discounted childcare on onsite that Marissa received, then your argument makes perfect sense.
- AdmiralAsshat 10y agoI don't agree, particularly for a developer role. I've known developers who worked remotely specifically for this reason, that they could not afford daycare. Developers tend to be tracked more based on hours logged into a project than being in one's desk from 9-5, so the general concensus was that if they punched in their 40 hours and met deadlines, no one really cared where those 40 hours came from.
- wesd 10y ago>Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children I haven't seen anyone who can look after a small child and work at the same time. Either you're working or looking after the child. On the other hand if your argument is that Yahoo should have offered discounted childcare on onsite that Marissa received, then your argument makes perfect sense.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoI can get upset about executives being paid many times more than regular employees, but I don't care of they trade some of that enormous pay for special perks.