I’m on maternity leave and approved for the 19 weeks. After this whole RTO bs I’m not looking forward to working back in the office or paying additional expenses like parking and childcare. How long do I have to work after returning from leave in order to not pay back the insurance premiums?
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Lets be clear WFH is not so you can take care of your kids. This type of mentality is why they want us all back in the office. It’s thanks to people like you we are getting sc--wed. We are all not like this I hope management knows.
@OP+1sGGwzYh In the past several years I have worked with several who are recent parents in a work from home situation and whether you stay work from home or return to the office the other commenter is correct you will probably need childcare no matter what. Not one new parent I have worked with who was work from didn't need childcare to take care of their child, they found with the team meetings, meetings with outside companies they couldn't just drop what they were doing and go take care of their child.
Honestly I hope you’re very quiet about this to HR and the like because it’s the kind of thing that spoils sh-t for everyone else. Ask a trusted colleague to look it up for you and send a screengrab of the policy using a non-work device to your non-work email. Do NOT ask HR to do it.
I would hope you understand that there’s no way to take care of a newborn during the day and do a full time job (because newborn care IS a full time job in and of itself.) you’re going to need childcare regardless of where you work at least a few hours a day.
I'm ready for the world to start decentering work. I'm over it. We've proven we can be productive with work-life balance. It's time for an evolution and not regression.
Wow, entitled much?
So you were hoping the "whole RTO bs" was not happening so the bank could pay you to stay home and watch your newborn? Seems like a very effective business model.
I would like to offer this as exhibit A for the reason for the RTO push.