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In this story, one woman had grown tired of her older colleague's insistence that she always change her schedule so that she could spend more time with her kids. She did not have children, and her coworker had taken that as an excuse to swap shifts with her occasionally to be able to pick her kids up from school.
Initially, the woman didn't mind, as her schedule was relatively flexible, and this did not happen very often. Things began to change when this arrangement seemed to transform from an occasional favor to an expectation, which frequently happened at the last minute.
The final straw came when she booked a few vacation days, and her colleague asked her if she would be able to move them because she needed her to cover for her. She refused, leading to a disagreement that she felt her other coworkers had also picked up on. She wondered if she was in the wrong.
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Am I wrong for telling my coworker i will not adjust my schedule for her anymore?
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Working mom demands coworker adjusts her schedule for her kids, gets offended when she won't move her vacation days for her: 'Must be nice to not have real responsibilities'
Being a working mom is having a job on hard mode.
While there are millions of women in the US alone who juggle being a parent with being an employee, the fact remains that maintaining the work-life balance can be extra difficult for them. The culture of many workplaces is blatantly unfriendly towards anybody who has to prioritize raising their children as well as earning a living. It is one of the main reasons that childcare is such a big business.
Because of this, finding an employer or even just a couple of sympathetic colleagues who are willing to make their day a little more accommodating is like striking gold for working moms. It can give them some much-needed breathing room to fulfil all the duties that they are expected to keep on top of.
However, it is also fully possible for some to place unfair expectations on those they work with in the name of being able to parent. Just because a coworker doesn't have kids doesn't mean that they always have to be the fall guy when childcare duties come calling. When this becomes a pattern, it is inevitable that resentment is going to grow.
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