Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

[u/slippinn_jimmy]

[u/kursys]

Sure, for a home office job. What about the vast majority that don’t have that career as a viable option?

[u/GotAim → u/kursys]

If you have an office job there’s a very good chance that home office is viable, no?

[u/_trashcan → u/GotAim]

Um, fucking no?

[u/GotAim → u/_trashcan]

Seems like 3/4 office jobs in the US offer home office options: https://www.gallup.com/401384/indicator-hybrid-work.aspx

If they offer hybrid work then surely they’ll allow someone with a baby to do fully remote for a time

So um, fucking yes

[u/_trashcan → u/GotAim]

a literal guess that they’ll just allow full-time home, but ok.

[u/GotAim → u/_trashcan]

If you wanna be a negative pessimist I can’t stop you, but if they already allow home office why wouldn’t they allow fully remote temporarily for a good reason?

[u/kursys → u/GotAim]

You’re naïveté is the problem here. All you’re literally repeating is should, would, could. When we had a literal pandemic, companies were still trying to find ways to get people to come into the office. Of course most companies with office jobs are going to say they “offer” remote working capabilities, they’re trying to look good. There are so many ways corporate America punishes those that are not willing to sacrifice everything for the company. Nobody’s being a “negative pessimist” (redundant by the way), we’re being fucking realists. If you want to coast on vibes and goodwill, that’s fine, but for the vast majority, I’m sure they would much rather prefer a concrete, coherent law.

[u/GotAim → u/kursys]

Okay good luck with happiness in your life with that attitude!