Why do parents need RTO benefits?
What I keep seeing on Blind is they need daycare paid for if returning to the office. Doesn’t this mean they don’t need it if they WFH because they’re not working and tending to their kids? Obviously parents are notoriously difficult to book meetings with and the team has to pick up the slack regardless even if they do RTO but what do you think? Do parents really deserve their base salaries to be increased by thousands a month for childcare, doggy daycare and gas? Some are asking for $3,000/month for childcare alone.
Let the missus quit and stay at home for all I care. I'm not going to sit back and watch others get their pay increased just because they have a child.
I wonder how they managed before the WFH era.
The company is paying for a skillset, not their personal lives. People make choices. Companies don’t get people pregnant.
Unless you work for Elon
In the bay area $3k / month is pretty common.
I wfh and pay 3k for daycare. Soon will be 6k. Get better teammates and get off blind
What nonsense. Just because some random person on Blind said that they want daycare paid for doesn't mean that that's the case. I am a parent and pretty much every one in my social circle is. Literally *no one* is asking for this. This post is just sh*t stirring for the sake of it.
Too be fair, I wouldn't be opposed to this though
This!!
This app is all about sh*tting on other people rather than showing empathy. Raising child is incredibly hard, especially if you don't have support from your parents, or both partners are working. There's so much juggling involved. It's not just about the pickups and drops and teacher meetings, but also teaching them values and bringing up the humans of tomorrow. While I don't have kids, I totally understand why people would ask for more support. It's not like parents don't work while WFH, it's like the WFH makes it so much easier. You can have a baby sleep on your chest while you work or take a quick 15 min break to pick up your kid or avoid the commute time to cook healthy meals for them or spend time with them to teach values. While some parents may totally be greedy and misusing WFH, most people are often demanding a bit more flexibility which seems totally reasonable to me.
No place for empathy in this world. If others are getting their pay hiked for having a baby, I want my pay hiked for keeping world population in check. Raising a child is hard. Guess what? Consider all that before doing the deed. Don't expect special treatment monetarily. People managed fine before the pandemic. There's no need to change sorry. Don't have babies. Pay for daycare from your own pocket.
That kind of callous mindset is why you're going to be relying on robot labor in your eventual nursing home
There’s a bigger issue with this poster. The reason non child bearing couples should care about parents is bc we are all in the same society and generally care about the wellbeing of our community. That’s the same reason a company would offer benefits like this, it’s not stealing, it’s showing you care about both the community and your employees and think a good nurturing environment for kids is important to provide. It’s important to help parents with the burden of kids as a community, bc that’s what we are in. How are people so lacking in empathy for other?
Leverage leverage leverage.
No they shouldn't get any extra money but they also should have the option to do their jobs remotely. Both my kids go to school/daycare during the day. There isn't any way to work from home if you are taking care of the children all day. However, I don't fancy spending 2 hours in commute time to see people in person because that's the time I can spend with my kids.
I'm a parent and will be paying for nursery even if I WFH full time. You can't work and look after a child. Impossible