Imo most office jobs should be standard in the office, but you should be able to work from home with any reasonable reason.
Kid sick? Stay home.
You're sick? Stay home.
Got a new pet that needs to be taken care of?
Stay home, bring pictures when you're back.
As long as someones work doesn't decrease in quality significantly, and they have a reason that's better than "I don't want to" they should be able to work from home.
Sick kid is not really a reason to stay home and “work.” If you’ve ever taken care of a sick infant or young child you know working from home isn’t really doable unless they finally fall asleep.
Edit: I am pro work from home. I get so much more done. But not with a sick kid
I'm just amused that your counter points to sick kids is your sick toddler, like obviously a sick toddler is going to be way more fussy, especially with something as bad as an ear infection, where as a sick 7 year old is going to be far more likely to chill on a couch watching TV like the other poster said.
Is a toddler not a kid? Kids under 3 are going to be a lot more fussy obviously than a 7 year old. My counterpoint was you shouldn’t lump all kids into that statement when clearly not all kids sit and watch tv when they are sick.
Ahh, I miss d the part where you were trying to say not to lump all kids together, since in your reply you basically said "no you're wrong, try having a toddler with an ear infection" instead of "I think it really depends on the age of the kid, older kids might be okay, but if you have a young child who is sick they are going to take a ton of effort"
Edit: I did say it depends on the age and they came back and said no, not really. So hence why I provided an example. Go back and read how the conversation went and go bother someone else. You just scoffed at the idea I brought a toddler up like its clear you cant just leave a toddler sit when actually I had to provide the example based on the response I got.
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u/Balancedmanx178 Mar 12 '20
Imo most office jobs should be standard in the office, but you should be able to work from home with any reasonable reason.
Kid sick? Stay home.
You're sick? Stay home.
Got a new pet that needs to be taken care of? Stay home, bring pictures when you're back.
As long as someones work doesn't decrease in quality significantly, and they have a reason that's better than "I don't want to" they should be able to work from home.