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In what respect?
by hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
In what respect?
- PaulHoule 4y agoTaking care of a child takes up your time, it's a job. Most babies spend a lot of time sleeping so you can probably get some work done, but if your child needs you you are going to have to drop what you're doing. There is no problem if you are honest about this and your employer accepts it, but just as somebody can hold multiple jobs and not come clean about it, it seems like a parent could also dissemble about it.
- bombcar 4y agoIt's much more likely that putting "unreasonable" constraints on a work-from-home parent with small child would fall afoul of labour laws than someone working multiple jobs. Also, Zoom has gotten surprisingly good - the "high" setting on background noise for "barking dogs" actually works frighteningly well - people on calls have apologized for their exploding dogs because the UPS guy assaulted the doorbell and we've heard absolutely nothing.
- bpodgursky 4y agoIt's hard for me to imagine this working past the first 6 months, if even that.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoAh I see. I live in Europe in a country where parents have paid parental live for a year or more, so this is not an issue. However, if this is something that increases birth rates in the USA, I guess it's not a bad thing, especially if employers see no decline in the quality of work delivered.
- chrisBob 4y agoWhat is the right way to discuss that at an interview? Discussing the applicant's family is typically off limits, but if the goal is to work and be a parent then you must have that conversation early.
- bdowling 4y agoYou shouldn't discuss family obligations at a job interview, full stop.
- PaulHoule 4y agoI think if you are doing child care and work at the same time it is relevant. If somebody was taking their child to the office, however, that would relevant.
- bdowling 4y agoIt's relevant, but it's illegal for a prospective employer to ask about and it's against a prospective employee's interest to raise the issue.