• T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    20 minutes ago

    The manager was generous enough to let her carry her child while working, but not generous enough to pay her enough to get childcare, or provide it themselves?

    It reminds me a bit of the story of a mother going in for a job interview, and shortly after, being arrested for child negligence/endangerment, because she’d left her child unattended (in the same area) while attending said interview. This situation feels like it’s setting up for that kind of thing.

  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
    291·
    9 hours ago

    Amidst all the outrage, I’d like to say I’m really in favour of having workplaces child friendly where possible. More time of letting the children spend time with mum or dad, rather than going to corporate childcare.

    If any of you are planning an office layout today, make a playroom!

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
      2·
      35 minutes ago

      I’m of the opposite opinion. Maxing out spending time with mom and dad means less healthy social interactions and growth for your child. I want them to have a separation where they have a teacher, a class and friends, and not feel they can run to me or are distracted by me.

      The children I’ve seen who were raised at home are miles behind our child in terms if development.

      Bringing a child to work seems worse - they can’t play with toys or engage in what they want at all anymore. They’d be subjected fk whatever the mom and dad have to do. They also have no friends or structured learning.

      The daycares we’ve used have been fantastic and care a lot about teaching our child in many ways they wouldn’t otherwise have.

      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
        2·
        18 minutes ago

        Exactly this. Teachers can basically spot the kids who didn’t go to pre-school or day care before kindergarten and spend most of their days with one of their parents. A good daycare will basically help give your kids a head start in their development.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      30·
      7 hours ago

      Yeah but not busy restaurant with hot liquids and surfaces and people rushing around and angry customers yelling.

    • professionalspooner@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Honestly, the village is everything that was listed here. Including the workplace finding a way to be child friendly. Even a restaurant.

      It is currently too hard to have kids, and you can see that less people are doing it because everyone is so insensitive to it.

    • missandry351@lemmings.worldEnglish
      151·
      9 hours ago

      The village would be birth control, abortions and sterilizations being available to anyone who needs them so that 17 year old children aren’t having children in the first place

    • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 hours ago

      The village would provide for the mother while she stayed home raising her child…

      I’m happily child free but there’s a lot of folks out there who don’t understand why someone like me would choose not to have kids.

      It’s because it’s a fucking huge responsibility that apparently falls completely to the mother. Fuck that.

    • Pronell@lemmy.world
      18·
      9 hours ago

      Let’s be realistic, her manager didn’t have the authority to pay her if she couldn’t make it in and she needed the money.

      As fucked as it is, they may have actually been helping to the best of their ability. The ‘manager’ may make $1.50 more per hour.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    581·
    13 hours ago

    One time, one of my coworkers showed up to work with his kid, because the babysitter called in sick. My manager, without skipping a beat, told him to go home and be the best dad he possibly could, then, not only did she not use his sick time for this day, she made it a department policy to allow unlimited* “parent days”. One of the best managers I’ve ever had.

    ’ * Fine print was basically, don’t abuse it, but use it when you need it.

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
    371·
    13 hours ago

    My mom lost her business when I was really little, and once we settled down somewhere new, she started working as a receptionist for an environmental company. She used to have to bring me to work with her sometimes. Everyone in the office was super chill about it, but if Ed, the owner/complete asshole was there, I had to hide under her desk until he left.

    We need a lot of changes, but honestly, a UBI with an extra stipend for parents is one of the big ones. people can’t afford to have kids, can’t afford to lose their jobs because of their kids. Who the fuck is gonna take care of assholes like Ed when they’re old if no one is having kids?

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      50·
      14 hours ago

      Hahaha, no, dumbfucks all over think this is a feel good story because the job didn’t fire her ass right away like they would have 15 years ago in the “you’re lucky to have a job” era. Now they’re so short on workers who actually want to work such bullshit-ass jobs that they’re willing to “make exceptions.”

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
        27·
        14 hours ago

        Plus in a few years the girl can start working there too since child labor laws would be extinct and she already knows how to run the register.