"How does this day care thing work?"
This was when my son was young. I never knew anyone who didn't know how day care "worked." But this came from a white Irish male who's wife was a SAHM and didn't really (in his heart) believe moms should work. I guess he never had a working mom report to him?
So, I explained the drop off process. The critical pick up time. If you are even 5 minutes late you are charged extra. Sometimes this is a problem if you ride the trains home and a train runs late while you are on it. This only happens when your phone has no battery life. I explained that if your child suddenly runs a 99.1 temperature - they will call you immediately to come get said child. NOW. That is why sometimes I - your employee - would have to make a sudden chaotic departure. And on and on.
But the main thing is that if a boss has no clue what it is to be a working mom - the cards can be stacked against it. It may be time to find a different boss you can report to or change departments or something. This same boss in reviews would drop hints about the "choice" I made. He just really didn't think moms should work.
Instead of moving on, I was determined to work even harder and prove that I could do it all. But I should have seen that no matter how hard I worked, this guys was never going to see it. I was working instead of being home with my kid and that was all he ever saw.
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