It must be a requirement in the job listings for manager positions to be a hypocrite. The managers at my company are infamous for going on shopping sprees, to the gym, or hanging out in their backyards with their company phones next to them so they can pretend they’re working. We hear their kids running around the house during meetings. The reminisce on the times when we worked in the office and they brought their kids to work with them.
But when it comes to those of us below them they have no grace for parents with small children. It’s in our employee WFH agreement that “WFH is not a substitute for childcare. You aren’t required to have outside childcare but there must be someone else at home to take care of your child so you aren’t distracted from your work.” The managers in my department sent out a mass email to remind us of that this week because of “things they’ve seen recently that concern them”.
What about the fact that you all closed all of our offices for everyone except VP level employees? We don’t have a choice but to be home. What about single parents or people without a village to help with kids? What about children with disabilities? What about the fact that you don’t pay us enough to keep up with even basic necessities, let alone the outrageous cost of childcare? No childcare assistance but the VP’s and the CEO can make millions every year in salary and bonuses?