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I can see that working at a very small company where all of the employees are good friends and spend a lot of time together. But I'm hard pressed to think of a

I can see that working at a very small company where all of the employees are good friends and spend a lot of time together. But I'm hard pressed to think of anything that would make me leave a company faster than having all of my coworkers brats running around all day. A lot of people feel uncomfortable having stranger's children around them.

bryanlarsen 14y ago
A baby less than 10 months old does not "run around". Unless they're colicky or sick, very young babies are not hard to keep quiet: if they're crying they're either hungry, tired, under-stimulated, over-stimulated, hot or cold or otherwise uncomfortable. You identify the problem, fix it, and they stop crying. It may prevent you from working, but it shouldn't bother your coworkers. They should certainly be a lot less annoying than the guy next to you chatting on the telephone. Between 10-18 months they start walking, start getting "opinionated", get a lot louder, stop napping continuously, and so on and would totally disrupt an office.
- dromidas 14y ago
  If people started bringing babies to work I wouldn't care too much about them making the worst sound known to man constantly when they are upset because I have spent hundreds of dollars on noise isolating earbuds to block out my already-annoying environment. However if there were babies here I would kind of hate it. A lot. I would probably complain daily until either I get fired or they quit or they are forced to put their baby in a dumpster or wherever they put babies they dont' want to have around these days.
- jlarocco 14y ago
  I'll take your word for it on babies less than 10 months old. But the CEO paid for a nursery to be built in her office, so there's a good chance she'll have him around the office for longer than just the first 10 months. Now that I think about it more, the only situation where I would be okay with people bringing their kids to work whenever they wanted would be if everybody had private offices. If people's kids were locked in their offices with them 95% of the time, and I could close my door and keep them away the other 5% of the time, I wouldn't have any reason to be against it.

bryanlarsen 14y ago

A baby less than 10 months old does not "run around". Unless they're colicky or sick, very young babies are not hard to keep quiet: if they're crying they're either hungry, tired, under-stimulated, over-stimulated, hot or cold or otherwise uncomfortable. You identify the problem, fix it, and they stop crying. It may prevent you from working, but it shouldn't bother your coworkers. They should certainly be a lot less annoying than the guy next to you chatting on the telephone. Between 10-18 months they start walking, start getting "opinionated", get a lot louder, stop napping continuously, and so on and would totally disrupt an office.

dromidas 14y ago
If people started bringing babies to work I wouldn't care too much about them making the worst sound known to man constantly when they are upset because I have spent hundreds of dollars on noise isolating earbuds to block out my already-annoying environment. However if there were babies here I would kind of hate it. A lot. I would probably complain daily until either I get fired or they quit or they are forced to put their baby in a dumpster or wherever they put babies they dont' want to have around these days.
jlarocco 14y ago
I'll take your word for it on babies less than 10 months old. But the CEO paid for a nursery to be built in her office, so there's a good chance she'll have him around the office for longer than just the first 10 months. Now that I think about it more, the only situation where I would be okay with people bringing their kids to work whenever they wanted would be if everybody had private offices. If people's kids were locked in their offices with them 95% of the time, and I could close my door and keep them away the other 5% of the time, I wouldn't have any reason to be against it.