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From: seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
Message-ID: <930@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 19:24:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 19:24:43 1985
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	I like to think that if you're good enough at your job, you
can get some time off or work part time. I would like to work
out an equal sharing of parenting responsibilities. I work 3/4 time
and he works 3/4 time. I think you can still be on top of things
at 3/4 time, especially if you are a software developer and have access
to a terminal on the days you are off. If a company puts a lot of
money into training you I would think they'd like to keep you even
if you only worked 3/4 of the time. Obviously understanding management
has a lot to do with this. If your management types are a bunch of
creeps you aren't going to get anything out of them. Maybe that's a
good reason to go look for another job. Your company should attempt
to mold its policies to keep the employees happy. The company usually
has a lot of money invested in you and it would be short-sighted of
them to get rid of you because you couldn't give the company your un-
divided attention. A big push right now is for child-care at work for
working couples. There are a lot of working couples at ATTISL and Bell
Labs and it would definitely please the employees if day-care through
the company was instituted. Besides, working couples get shafted be-
cause they get double benefits that are worthless to them.
	I think it's our responsibility to push our employers to make
it easier for both men and women to leave to take care of the children.
If they don't make it easier for us to leave, they should provide day-
care. The 2 career family is no longer an anomaly. You can barely
support a family these days on one salary. Our employers have to come
to terms with the changes in the working population so that they can
keep their employees happy and productive.

Sharon Badian
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