Andy

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.