Why do women bosses seem to give the hardest time to women about work boundaries?! I get it, you may have had to pave a rough way up, where leaving to pick up your kids at 5 was taboo to say. I can’t work at 6pm gf, even if my husband picks the kids up I need to go have dinner with them. Bye ✌🏽

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Yes! My boss was like “you’re taking… the WHOLE… maternity leave?????” Yes. It’s offered to me, daycare is expensive, and babies are hard!

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At least the women say it out loud.. the men are probably just thinking it but know they shouldn’t say it..

Yup during peak covid my previous manager was like “why don’t you have alternate child care” when ALL the daycares were closed. Her husband was a stay at home husband and she couldn’t empathize with anyone who didn’t have the same arrangement as her. My current boss is male (also a dad) but very understanding.

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