It's a lot harder to navigate that one might think, and FMLA is for serious illnesses, not "one kid got the flu this week and another got the runs last week and before that it was stomach upset and before that..." etc.
That's marvelous. The point is that many companies don't allow that, and should.
Yes. I have a colleague whose kids get sick a lot, and they're very concerned that a firing is imminent for that reason.
"Except bad weather days." Exactly! Your company has to offer any kind of WFH to allow that!
You're missing the point that WFH doesn't mean "all employees must WFH full time". WFH is everything from "I gotta go home, the kid's sick" to "I'm going to WFH Wednesdays to concentrate", to "see y'all online!"
Hi there, author here. The article actually links to a NY Times article and the Gallup study that it cites. But remember, this is an opinion piece. I've been in the industry for 15 years...hang on, no, it's 20 years,…
Ha. I wrote the article. I'm actually a self employed consultant and company owner who works from home full time, but I spent 15 years in offices. So you have a point, in that I REALLY would have like far more work from…
It's a lot harder to navigate that one might think, and FMLA is for serious illnesses, not "one kid got the flu this week and another got the runs last week and before that it was stomach upset and before that..." etc.
That's marvelous. The point is that many companies don't allow that, and should.
Yes. I have a colleague whose kids get sick a lot, and they're very concerned that a firing is imminent for that reason.
"Except bad weather days." Exactly! Your company has to offer any kind of WFH to allow that!
You're missing the point that WFH doesn't mean "all employees must WFH full time". WFH is everything from "I gotta go home, the kid's sick" to "I'm going to WFH Wednesdays to concentrate", to "see y'all online!"
Hi there, author here. The article actually links to a NY Times article and the Gallup study that it cites. But remember, this is an opinion piece. I've been in the industry for 15 years...hang on, no, it's 20 years,…
Ha. I wrote the article. I'm actually a self employed consultant and company owner who works from home full time, but I spent 15 years in offices. So you have a point, in that I REALLY would have like far more work from…