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i think covid moved the dial on flexibility where i work in a positive way.
I worked at the CPS in the late 2000s and they had an incredibly flexible working environment for the time. Obvs dependent on what you did, but at the time it had one of the highest ratios of female employees in the public sector.
To me it's a progressive move. It allows mothers back to work and helps fathers to be more involved.
I think the point is, that if both of us had to be in the office 5 days 0830-1730 then the reality is we would have to have to have breakfast clubs and a childminder, or an au pair (or I might stop working/do a part time temp job).
From a cost perspective that is very different from 4-5 after school clubs, and maybe a couple of breakfast clubs.
From a lifestyle POV it's a fucker. Pre covid I used to do the drop off, with my OH starting early so they could finish work at 4.30 to get back for pickup. We did it. But it was shit. We'd both always be rushing on our commutes and stressing.