I am having a very hard time finding decent day care close by my home for my 6 month old and 3 year old. Will I be able to get some sort of exemption from RTO until I can find something? I told my manager my day care closed but I believe she knows I never had daycare. No shaming me! Lots of people work and take care of children successfully at home. I am a single mom and this is really stressing me out. Also the threat of a layoff doesn’t help. My mother doesn’t work but she refuses to babysit for me.
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You can get a 90 exemption I think
I feel for you. I have managed someone who was attempting to take care of little kids while WFH. I will tell you it was pretty obvious, and this person’s performance was not what it needed it to be. Taking care of kids is a full time job. If there’s an extension you can get while you look for care, I’d do it. But you do need care if you also want a full time job.
The trolls have been out heavy tonight on several platforms. Sad this is what they resort to.
When I was on paternity leave my manager said I was on vacation
I've raised two kids about that far apart in age, and I'm sympathetic because I know how costly child care is, but I question how much work you can really accomplish while watching an infant and toddler.
BS reply trying to start drama and distract from the issue. GTFOH with your nonsense.
Why are you angry that your mother refuses to babysit for you? She raised her children
There is a ln exception you can file for RTO as well to give you some time. I manage people and have processed a few of these for my team due to medical reasons. Your situation seems reasonable too. You do need to provide an end date and need your manager to approve.
I would go on FMLA/Short-term disability/etc. immediately. If you do they cannot fire you and by Q1 there will be more clarity on this subject.
You can put in for a 90 day flexible work arrangement. It would at least give you sometime to figure things out.