Comment on Returning to the office is 'wildly more expensive' today than in 2019—here's how much people are spending

• altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Daycare, vehicle ownership and maintenance costs, commute time…

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  • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Being sick because people come in with their fucking germs.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Which is also a peek for the business because some call in sick when they have a cold and you could still work from home…

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• GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You still need daycare if you have kids at home, remote or not. You can’t honestly tell me you are getting work done with your kids at home, unless they are like >9

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    7 year old, goes to school. I save on after-care, which ain’t cheap. Where I am, one can lose their kids for neglect if s/he comes home to an empty house up to 12 years old.

    Hell, when I was in grade school, I walked to and from school, got home, got a snack, watched TV, or played with friends until parents got home.

    Since there is statistically less crime now than then, I’m scratching my head over why we all have to be so scared of everything.

    • think of the children!

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    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I walked myself to preschool, not a word of a lie. It’s not so much a different world, it’s just more or less I’d like to think because of the betterment of my life thanks to a long term investment by my parents, that I’m able to make better decisions than they were able to and provide my kids with more opportunities. Like not having to walk themselves to school at 4. We are talking a couple blocks here, in a small town. Not that I’d ever have my kids do it but I’m not an 80s parent. I also don’t have to balance shift work like my parents did, and I have the luxury of balance and being able to work from home, again, thanks to the long game.

      I’ve got a toddler and a 4.5 year old, so neither goes to school yet. They go to “school”, in that I’d go insane if they were both at home, so they go to daycare. They wouldn’t get the attention they deserve either. Something would have to give. I hear you on the after school programming costs, at 7 your kid should be able to entertain themselves for a couple hours. I guess that’s not so bad. It just really depends on the kid too though, I’ve seen it both ways. There was a guy at my last job they forced back into the office 5 days because he was always dealing with his kids, trying to skimp on the daycare, and it was abundantly clear nothing was getting done. They were closer to my kids age though, like where it’s not really acceptable.

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      • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There’s no getting around day care for pre-kindergarten kids. My son usually plays all afternoon with a few other boys and girls in the neighborhood. I give him a walkie-talkie for simple communication.

        There’s no excuse for how our society deals with childcare. It’s too expensive for most, yet the caretakers are extremely low paid. We need to at least consider something like the European approach.

        Right now, if we can’t find service, we can’t work a well paying job, so we fall into poverty and need to get welfare. How is that better than the alternative?

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  • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have worked with kids at home since March 2020 when they were 4 and 6. School for half the day, then take turns supervising basically with my partner. It’s not ideal but it works.

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