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Originally posted by valkyrie
I'm not saying that this isn't true, but on the other side, when you're at work and you're on the phone dealing with your puking kid or you're not at work because your kid is sick and you couldn't take her to daycare or find a sitter, there's a good chance the people picking up the slack are people without kids. That's stressful too, because frankly I don't want to be covering for someone who is dealing with a sick kid, because nobody at work is going to cover for me if my cat is sick or if I have some other reason I want to ditch out of work early that's not related to a child.
This isn't an issue that really bothers me, by the way, but I just want to point out that it exists.
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I am sure there are some offices where people pick up the slack for missing co-workers. I have never worked in one of those offices. My work sits there until I am there to do it. When my kids are home sick I take work home, and work from home. I have access to email and can get into our systems at the office. I always have my cell phone available too. I have never worked in a situation where some covered for me. Even when I go on a scheduled vaca, my work for an entire week will still be there when I return.