Dads, job Advice needed...
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- marky_brown0
"working from home" is the way to go ...
- TheeOtherJuan0
This shows you what is coming after the kid is born. Start looking somewhere else. Your bound to make this decision in the future, just make it now. Family comes first.
- must_dash0
I'm going to be a dad in November too... fortunately I work from home/myself... although still difficult staving off people, but at least I can be at home... I think I'll be doing a lot of nights and sleeping during the days.
Is there not a compromise whereby you can work from home for a set amount of hours each week? and go in once a week or something... It will help them and put your mind at rest that when you eventually go back you job is not on the line... Not that it sounds particularly a place to stay if everyone is relying on you...
Good luck with it all though.
- fresnobob0
Dude, my old boss gave me seriously 1 day off of work after my kids were born. He "let me" have the day of when I told him I was leaving because my daughters were being pulled out of the womb 3 months premature and gave me the next day off because he was being nice or some bullshit. Hey, thanks for being understanding that my kids were dying, fucker!
- version30
you can has self-respect and family.
fuck a co-worker
- uan0
congrats pascii!!
just find some freelancer to cover for you...shouldn't be to difficult in zürich :) ...and consider leaving for a new workplace, where ppl respect families and life outside work!
- pascii0
holy fertility, batman! thanks for all the comments! after a long walk and some words with mrs. pascii, itook the decision to fu** off the job and look for something else. i am not the monkey here, even if i am hairy mate.
- Sandman_19820
Bold move, I like your attitude! Good luck with the nipper and all the best in finding a better job.
- Ranger0
Good luck with your decision pascii, sounds like the right move, I'm not a father but I know from experience that if an employer treats you like that then the best thing to do is get out, keep yourself respect and find a better situation. Sounds like it could be a time for big changes in your life. I love a big shake up every now and then. The main thing is to make sure you're in a better situation in a few years when you kid needs stability.
- pascii0
thanks guys. it will be a hard time, but once a decision is made, it will go to the right direction and take it's time
- Peter0
Impregnate the boss.
Not that it'd help, but it might be fun and could take some stress off.
- souljar0010
Hire a freelancer and say that you will work tow days a week or something to make the transistion smooth. Once that has happened and everyone is feeling confortable with the siuation you can push for a daya week etc and go from there. Soundsd like you just need to hold there hand through the tranistion and reasure em... insecure as most bosses are.
- erikjonsson0
dads are boring
- jimzy0
That's bullshit — especially since you've asked the boss to sort this shit out for you. Sounds like a cunt if you ask me. I would be rightly pissed off if it happened to me too.
With regard to the amount of time off, yeah it seems like a lot, but thats you're frikkin choice and no-one else's! I've got 3 kids and I've only had 1-2 weeks max off each time wifey popped them out. But if you want to take more time off your employer should have least tried to help out somehow.
Month and a half is a long time off though... thinking about it I'm not sure if I would expect my employer to give that to me really. But you said it was all cool back in may? Fuck'em then. Take the time....... and then leave a dead rat somewhere hard to find, on your way out the door.
See how they like them apples.
- zaq0
a little advice from a father. You don't ask for a permission to take days off. You tell them you take as many days off as you need. Let them figure out the rest. So instead of "Boss, I need to take few days off because of this and that.. " You tell "I am taking days off because of this and that". That has always worked very well.