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My company does not, but my coworkers respect the boundaries I make and have set. My boss actually told me I wouldn’t get a raise because I had taken time off. I had to remind her it was maternity leave not a vacation. 😬
INFURIATING!!!!
No. In fact I feel ostracized for holding boundaries. I was told by a peer that it sounded like I was trying to say that my situation is special when stating those boundaries in a meeting.
So frustrating.
I feel like they actively hope we leave while simultaneously celebrating themselves as a great place for families. Rigid policies like mandatory 5-8pm email silence would be exceptionally useful so that parents feeding kids and putting them to bed aren’t MIA when new shit goes down. Anything can wait 3 hrs.
Most of our leadership are working parents so that helps. As a VP, you need to push for change to make the job more parent friendly. I was the only one pushing for about 10 years before Covid.
Ok. That’s fine. Just giving you my personal experience. Being the mommy asking for stuff is exactly why you should. If it doesn’t help your career where you are, leave and tell them why you did. I did it for all the future mommies so they didn’t have to ask.
Nothing. I have to set boundaries and I try to stick to them to be a good role model for younger employees but it doesn’t feel good. I feel guilty all the time.
While we have daycare and all the perks, honestly, it’s just respect that I need to handle family stuff at a certain time, and flexibility to do the work after bedtime if needed. plain and simple. no one has ever questioned it.
I’m not sure how to do it without leadership onboard. In fact I find it nearly impossible unless they have a specific HR goal to retain/recruit parents (not many mothers on the creative side). But I’ve been very picky about who I work under knowing that it would be an uphill battle I don’t have time for if they weren’t parent friendly. Being strict about meeting times helps- I block off my calendar before 9 and after 6 and am unavailable then. My PMs know and respect that, and if there’s still work to be done I log on after my kid’s bedtime. On the other hand, as someone who has a team under me, I unabashed communicate when I’ll be offline for parenting duties. Hope that the future parents on my team will see that modeled for them.