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People I know have done this and been fired. You can’t do both work and childcare (full time job itself). Unless you’re reducing hours to have a day out while family watch the kid other days that could work.
I know two people who tried to WFH without consistent childcare and they also were both fired. WFH isn’t the “save money on daycare” hack social media influencers will convince people it is.
Try to ignore the less compassionate posts here—they likely come from non-parents.
Take it from those who have been there: don't do this to yourself. Trying to work and be the sole caregiver for a young child is incredibly taxing. You'll end up feeling stretched thin and miserable.
The few months during Covid when daycare closed and grandparents cannot come help was, miserable. I felt I failed as a parent and as a worker. I ended up with mild depression.
My kids are older now and in school and it’s definitely much more manageable, but looking back on those days, I don’t know how I survived.
I don’t think people were intentionally trying to be less compassionate but it’s this idea that you can do both that could kill the flexibility that we do have in public accounting. As a mom of two, soon to be three, I love that I am able to skip out of work when one of mine is sick and can be there. I’d also love to not spend $4,500 a month on daycare and keep them at home, but isn’t realistic.
I went on reduced hours and still had to put my kids in daycare. It’s just not possible unless you have family who can help consistently or perhaps if your SO has a super flexible job.
I honestly don’t know how you could be a present parent and a decent coworker. I’ve had my toddler with me a few times when I had no other option and it’s awful.
And you wonder why companies have a RTO mandate.
Exactly! This is abuse of the flexibility of working from home, the key word WORKING.
You could consider a reduced schedule and half day daycare….if you could find it. Daycares are increasingly harder to find, and require you to pay and commit whether your child is there or not - you’re paying for the overhead. In my experience, both as a parent and a manager of new parents, WFH with children at home does not work. Maybe - MAYBE - when the baby is a newborn, and sleeps most of the day. But that is a very short period of time, and usually maternity leave anyway. Maybe you can find an in home nanny for half days, and you adjust your schedule. It’s not an easy decision. Good luck!
To clarify, I wasn’t trying to post a hack. I just didn’t know how much babies needed to be watched.
You can reduce hours and reduce the reliance on child care but not get rid of the need for child care. I know a lot of people that went to a reduced schedule (80%) and were able to reduce the reliance child care. Most people did a 4 day work week instead of 5 shorter days. But also, so long as you’re hitting your utilization, available during “working hours”, performance is above average, etc., it will likely be just fine.
It was something I had to do until each of my kids were about 8 months just because of daycare waitlists and timing. It’s difficult and you feel like you’re failing on multiple fronts.
Even now my youngest has been sick back to back weeks and we don’t really have family to help, so I’m juggling all the things. If I only had work during the day or only had my child to take care of then no problem. But the combination of both is stressful