That's one of my biggest bugbears, people who want to be seen to be working hard. It was the culture somewhere I worked years ago to work through your lunch and work every hour possible. No attempt to improve processes or find ways to work more efficiently, it was all about being seen .
Why?
The first one maybe the same consideration, the second nah, that’s your choice not a necessity.
As is having kids.
Well no it’s kind of your purpose, as with all mammals. Not having kids is the choice.
There's many, many people who have no choice in it. Choosing to work when you have kids is your choice.
See, I would agree if people were actually considerate. I share a job with a bloke so only one of us can be off, and every year the second the holidays become available he takes the last three weeks of December off, so I’m unable to go to go to the kids Xmas shows, have a shopping day or do stuff with them Xmas week. Last year I got in first and took one off and left him the other two and he was still furious. He’s got no kids, just likes that time sitting at home. This year true to form he’s taken the whole thing without asking.
No, you have a competitive advantage in life if you don't have them. Enjoy.
I rarely work from home but I had to laugh when a woman a few desks away said, "you've always got your headphones in, I makes it dead hard to get your attention". Ah you've rumbled my cunning plan
He sounds like a monumental twat. Even if you didn’t have kids, you’d each take turns Shirley.
As opposed to say a self important prick interrupting someone in the middle of something rather than sending an email
Sounds like whoever approves the leave is useless, especially if you have told them.
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