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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by cevn on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:05PM (#40743935)
If you find out that parents have no form of daycare, and are taking care of their child while doing their remote job they should be fired, end of story.

As a parent, taking care of a child is itself a full time job. Your friend is either an idiot or was banking on his work being stupid enough to let it slide.

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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:54PM (#40744349)
Oddly, while I think the approach is overly restrictive ( and it would drive a good chunk of parents out of the market ), there are some benefits to one parent doing some actual parenting. I think your characterization is harsh, but I am biased.
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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by cevn on Thursday June 20, 2024 @10:33PM (#40745591)
It may, and I guess not every job has the same requirements. And 2 parents could technically split the care time evenly and squeeze out 8 hour days by using 16 hours of the day and maybe working all night while the child sleeps. Good luck structuring all your team's meetings around one person's schedule though.
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