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I took a break after getting laid off from YCR (2017) and joining Google (2020). My wife just had our baby and she was a bit stir crazy, so I thought it better
by seanmcdirmid 2y ago
I took a break after getting laid off from YCR (2017) and joining Google (2020). My wife just had our baby and she was a bit stir crazy, so I thought it better to focus on getting her a job first (so I would take care of the kid instead). We have a bit of redundancy now, which is useful at least (we are ok if either us loses their job, but we would definitely try to both stay working).
What they don't tell you is that employers are suspicious if you are out of the job market for more than a year. And anyways, no, it doesn't make sense to stay at home and raise your kid, just pay for the childcare and get back to work as soon as possible. And they wonder why birthrate is tanking...
- throwaway314155 2y ago> What they don't tell you is that employers are suspicious if you are out of the job market for more than a year literally one of the first things "they tell you" (it's common knowledge).
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI wasn’t told, or maybe didn’t take it seriously enough.
- bowsamic 2y agoThey may be suspicious as in they ask, but as soon as you say it was to raise a child it will be fully answered without issue
- bdangubic 2y agocan’t believe the number of comments talking like this… the only way I would work for an employer like this is if my kid and wife were hungry and I had no other choice. without my family I wod rather be homeless than work for an employer like this (and yes, they are in a majority).
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoMy companies (YCR and then Google) have been nothing but supportive of my family. But yes, I maybe dodged many bullets in my job search.