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Is your workplace family-friendly?

DidiToo posted:

I know this board isn't very busy, but I thought I'd post this anyway. I'm wondering how you all feel about your place of work, and whether it is supportive of working parents. Are there policies or practices that help you balance working with parenting? Do you feel you can take a sick day when your child is ill and not have to worry about suffering negative consequences? Does technology (ex. Blackberry, remote access) help you or make things more stressful?

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3 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Is your workplace family-friendly?I know this board isn't very busy, but I thought I'd post this anyway. I'm wondering how you all feel about your place of work, and whether it is supportive of working parents. Are there policies or practices that help you balance working with parenting? Do you feel you can take a sick day when your child is ill and not have to worry about suffering negative consequences? Does technology (ex. Blackberry, remote access) help you or make things more stressful?

Anmar22 responded:

They are to a point, you can call in to work if your kids are sick and not get in trouble. But if we have more than like 5 or 6 occurances within 6 months we would get a warning and possibly be fired.

Report This| Share this:Is your workplace family-friendly?They are to a point, you can call in to work if your kids are sick and not get in trouble. But if we have more than like 5 or 6 occurances within 6 months we would get a warning and possibly be fired.

kristinmarie722 replied to Anmar22's response:

Yeah we get the occurences too. My boss can be understanding so that is cool. My company was rated one of the top in the country for working moms. We are supposed to have a flexible schedule but we dont.

We do have a back up daycare though and lots of summer programs at the back up daycare for the kids.

Report This| Share this:Is your workplace family-friendly?Yeah we get the occurences too. My boss can be understanding so that is cool. My company was rated one of the top in the country for working moms. We are supposed to have a flexible schedule but we dont. <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/frown.gif" align="top" border="0"> We do have a back up daycare though and lots of summer programs at the back up daycare for the kids.

ClosetRocker responded:

One of the most repeated sentences at my job "corrections is not a family friendly business" lol.

Report This| Share this:Is your workplace family-friendly?One of the most repeated sentences at my job "corrections is not a family friendly business" lol.

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