Working moms out there! New mom to 6MO. Have a job offer on the table. Would like to negotiate 1 day remote/wk to be closer to her. Also want to talk W/L balance w/o scaring manager. Any experience?

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Depending on how desperate you are for the job, I would be blunt. Their response will tell you if you really want to work there. Because you don’t want to be sneaking off at 6 or made to feel bad about WLB and WFH.

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Yup. And by blunt I didn’t mean rude, just direct. “I’m very interested in the offer, and I wanted to know what the WFH policy is” (follow-up with your request). And ask if there are ways the agency actively supports WLB. Something like that. Their response will tell you tons. I work for an extremely family/WLB-friendly company and they would be absolutely thrilled to answer that question.

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Not to be Debby Downer, but I don’t know if I’d say you want to work from home once a week to be closer to her. Is she going to have a nanny while you’re doing that, or are you thinking you’d watch her and try to work one day a week (that’s how I would interpret that request)? I think a stronger argument would be “Especially while she’s this young, I’d like to wfh one day per week so that I can be sure to be with her in the morning and night before she’s sleeping at least once a week since I won’t have to commute. But during work hours, I’ll be working 100% from my home office.”

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Be transparent. If they react negatively it’s not the right company for you

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Yes to above. If they balk, don’t take the job. That’s a terrible sign of what’s to come

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I’ve wondered how to navigate this as well because it seems like asking about the WLB translates to them like I don’t want to work hard. Certainly not the case, I just want to know that boundaries are respected.

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