kids going back to school – Photo credit: familytreecounseling.com
It’s back to school time, yes, already! And in between attending early school functions, hunting for obscure school supplies, and accommodating different shuttling schedules, time, extra time that is, is required.
I remember constantly “beating around the bush” around this time of year, not sure whether to use my vacation days, try to scramble all my to-do’s into after hours, or just simply come out and bravely do the do. Very often as the only woman in an all-male team, it was an unfortunate no-brainer…
Given that women pay a heavier price than men when requesting flextime, is it OK to ask for time off to handle all the going back to school stuff? Is it better to just keep quiet about it and use vacation days under a different “excuse”? Or should we feel “entitled” to request time off to take care of our kids?
94 years after we gained the right to vote (Happy Women’s Equality Day!), is it OK to expect to fit our kids in our schedule while still keeping our jobs? Oh yeah, we could send the nanny if guilt did not continuously rear it’s ugly behind, and oh, if more of us actually made “nanny money” (glass ceiling cringing)…
The Corporate Sis.
