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NYT article on SAHM and working

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  • lady dixneuflady dixneuf member
    also @SarahW44 what you mention is the catch 22 of working. You have to make enough money to make the cost of childcare worth it. I can't imagine working say, retail and then paying for full time daycare around here. After taxes you'd be paying money to go to work. Or making so very little money it's not worth it.

    Those with free daycare are so very, very lucky.


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  • Sillygirl85Sillygirl85 member
    lady dixneuf said:

    maternity leave as sick time is pretty normal but not providing a place to pump is actually illegal.

    I know. I felt like if I pursued it they would find a way to fire me.
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  • LorMorLorMor member
    Eh, the quote didn't quote. But what I wanted to say was how scary it is that so many industries are not family friendly. I work in publishing, and my last full time job was at a company that was 80% women, and they were so uncompromising when it came to any maternity benefits. They were almost competitive about how hard core they were. Bah.
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  • lady dixneuflady dixneuf member
    SarahW44 said:
    maternity leave as sick time is pretty normal but not providing a place to pump is actually illegal.
    I know. I felt like if I pursued it they would find a way to fire me.
    you'd have a huge case against them. My work is the opposite. They're super accomodating bc one mis-step and someone can really get you.
    Seriously. Look into this. If they fired you you could sue the eff out of them. 


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  • Sillygirl85Sillygirl85 member
    Ziegeficker said:


    SarahW44 said:

    I think I am on the verge of becoming a SAHM because I can't find work in my field (teaching). I can't substitute or be a paraprofessional because I wouldn't make enough to cover daycare.
    The kicker is I am in this position because we moved so H could get the job he wanted. I would have had a teaching job in the district I worked in last year if we had stayed. But because H has the potential to make way more than I would on a teaching salary we moved.

    You would think that Education would be a family friendly but it's not. I was given shit about taking time for prenatal Doctor's Appointment. I was passed over for a job because I was pregnant. My request for a place to pump was ignored. And maternity leave comes of of sick time. They have a sick bank, but you have to use all your time sick time before you can dip into that. The result is you come back with absolutely no sick days. So, if your kids gets sick you have to take time off without pay.

    Maybe I should look into teaching in the Netherlands.

    That's shocking that you've been treated so poorly.  Is this normal for teachers to be treated this way???


    From what I've seen and heard in my job hunt it is the norm in my state.
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