Koen Verbeeck (7/3/2015)
BL0B_EATER (7/3/2015)
Koen Verbeeck (7/3/2015)
Grant Fritchey (7/3/2015)
That reminds me of the old dot com days. It was expected that everyone was going to work like pigs, nights & weekends. Most of them were kids in their 20s with no families. I, on the other hand, was in my 30s and had kids. I went home, regularly. It freaked people out.
+1000
I had my first kid since I was 24.
Actual conversation:
"You're going home early? I'm not leaving till 7pm."
"Do you have kids?"
"Euhm. No."
"Then don't try to understand my situation."
😀
I am perceived as lazy because I leave early to pick my child up from school (4pm). They forget that I have been in since 715am.
+1
I have had the same issue before.
Once I had to leave a meeting that was running late (what a surprise) because I had to pick up my kids.
They all looked at me like "Can't your wife do that?"
Not their business if my wife can or cannot pick up my kids.
This is one area my company's good with. I usually walk into the office around 10AM and leave either around 4pm or 6pm (or later) depending on the day. The late arrival is because I work about an hour and a half from home in the morning, then drive in. Rush hour commute: 45-60 minutes. Out of rush hour commute: 15 minutes. Not a hard choice.
They were considering sending me to Cape Town yesterday, potential new client with a crisis. I told them I needed to be back in Joburg by 4pm today. There was no debating, no trying to persuade me otherwise. Just an acceptance that I have a life outside work, so I'm going down Monday instead
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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