> Seems like a good way to weed out people that are constantly taking time off to deal with kid issues.

That's just a different way of saying "a good way to weed out seniors", which is what the original concern was - not enough seniors.

Looks like it works, though.

Yes, then they can focus on hiring those who*:

1. want to work from home to take their new bearded dragon to the vet.

2. have their moms contact me about work load.

3. pre-emptively book a sick day for Monday because they "plan to get really messed up this weekend".

People with kids are the worst employees!

* These have all happened to me in the past year.

If an employee wanted to work from home or take a half day off to take their pet to the vet, that’s cool. I’m glad they take care of their pet and I’ll see them the next workday.

I’ve had moms show up and want their kid to give them a tour of the office, but inquiring about their child’s workload is next level helicopter parenting.

Wait, Is this bad? I usually take my parents on one weekend to show where I work if the office is nice.

Meh, I'll walk happily to the bank with my $400k compensation, while some company pats itself on the back over avoiding someone who spends time with their children LOL.

Oh man, I hope you say things like this out loud so your coworkers and employer can hear you.

This is just the wrong way to think about things if you actually want to hire senior devs. But it's not surprising, most companies are only used to dealing with being in a position of power.

Please tell me where you work so I can tell everyone I know who has or wants to have kids to avoid it

In which part of the world do you work? Where I work, family is a lot more important than work. We help each other and taking time off for our family is normal and expected.

hopefully you forgot the /s at the end of your comment?

at any rate evidently 89.615% of people become parents https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-people-become-paren...

so, probably not a good thing to weed out.

I am guessing a lot of folks did not see the sarcasm in this. Either that or I am wrong.