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    1. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      This was written about Amazon but could be about any tech company - parents with stay-at-home partners (mostly men) always do better and advance faster than parents who don’t. It doesn’t have to be that way. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-04/holdout-jeff-bezos-confronted-by-amazon-moms-demanding-daycare …pic.twitter.com/R8KWYg0wO0

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    2. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      Companies that actually make it a policy to support parents - not just daycare up to school age, not just parental leave, not just backup daycare - will survive & thrive. The rest...good riddance.

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    3. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      p.s. I don’t see ANY company doing this. It’s super clear that current policies are set by/oriented towards people who have *young* kids. I have a 10yo and a teenager and I do this parenting thing on my own - and here’s what I want:

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    4. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      1. Mildly sick kid dropoff service 2. Great work from home support for when it’s more than “mildly” sick 3. Bus to bring my kids to afterschool program at my office, so we can all go home together

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    5. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      Daycare up to school age isn’t enough support. You think parenting just gets easy at that point? Protip: school gets out WAY before work.

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    6. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      When my kids are with me, due to them being at different schools in different parts of the city with different start times, I get in to work between 9:30 and 10. I have to leave by 4:30 to pick them both up before their respective afterschool programs close.

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    7. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      Support on one side or the other would make a HUGE difference in my productivity. Bus to an on-campus afterschool would be one way, but how about credits for a carpool service in the morning? Get creative. Ask your employees.

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    8. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      If I had a partner who could do all the pickups and dropoffs because they had a flexible schedule, imagine how much more energy I could put into my work! This is what the men who get ahead have.

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    9. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      You want women - who statistically do more of this work, and statistically are more often single parents - to succeed at your company? Give them the fucking support they need. It’s really that simple.

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    10. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Mar 4
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      Sarah Mei Retweeted Sarah Mei

      I am getting sick of talking about this. Been doing it for years without discernible improvement. If you want midlevel & senior technical women to succeed at your company, childcare support (up to AND beyond school age) is required.https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/971861219823968256?s=21 …

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      Tech companies: “gosh, we still can’t hire any midlevel or senior technical women” Also tech companies: *still don’t offer childcare* Tech companies: “no idea why. let’s get a booth at ghc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” #internationalwomensday2018
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      Andy‏ @nugent Mar 5
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      Is this a cost of childcare problem? Our child goes to nursery close to our home, and when he starts school there's pre & post school clubs. I couldn't imagine commuting with him. Most important for us was flexible work hours so we could maximise time with him.

      12:17 AM - 5 Mar 2019
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        2. Chris Phelan‏ @cphelan Mar 5
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          It's a societal approach issue. It doesn't matter about personal circumstances - if workers require childcare support to maintain sensible working hours the cost to provision it really isn't huge. Can be funded via the business or reimbursed by the state - e.g. corp tax breaks.

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        3. Andy‏ @nugent Mar 5
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          Replying to @cphelan @sarahmei @ruby_gem

          I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but I thought employer onsite nurseries/after school were being suggested, which seems impractical for parents and companies. Affordable childcare needed. And culture within the company...

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        4. Andy‏ @nugent Mar 5
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          ... flexible hours, working from home, not expecting parents to make special arrangements unnecessarily (e.g. travel to a 9am meeting that could easily have been an 11am meeting that wouldn't interfere with routine).

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