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If I may say so you don't have to justify fuck all. If someone else doesn't understand the boundaries between work and personal life, and tops it off with tryi
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
If I may say so you don't have to justify fuck all.
If someone else doesn't understand the boundaries between work and personal life, and tops it off with trying to guilt trip you, then that is on them and whatever corporate/VC kool-aid they are drinking.
You can only wish that this is something they will come to realize (hopefully not too late in their life to avoid unnecessary regret).
- alkonaut 4y agoI’m lucky enough to live in a country where all this is taken for granted. When I take 6 or 12 months parental leave I just get a pat on the back from both colleagues and management. Same when I leave at 3PM to pick up kids. Everyone understands that this is how it works. Work is something we do when our lives permit it. Not the other way around.
- hungryforcodes 4y agoYou just proved my OP, btw.
- alkonaut 4y agoIt's not a privilege for parents. Me leaving at 4 or 4.30 doesn't mean someone else has to work until 6PM. That's the key. My childless colleagues leave at 5 or 5.30, every day of every year. And they start later because their morning routine is different. It's true that I'm privileged, but the privilege starts with an important culture of "no one does more than 40h, period". Without that, you have no chance to have a healthy work life balance as a parent or as a non-parent.