Some people assume that if you don’t have children you have nothing but time. Nowhere you have to be, no responsibilities, and certainly nothing important to get home for.
Which brings us to this week’s Whiny Wednesday topic:
Being taken advantage of at work because you don’t have kids
And, go…
Yep… years ago when I worked at a job that hardly ever closed when there was bad weather.(I live in the south, so a little bad weather is always really bad weather) LOL I would always be the last to let go home because everyone that had children needed to get home so they could go play with them in the snow. This was before I was married and I was in my early 20s. I thought, sure let everyone go home early because “my time” will come one day when I’m a mom and I will be able to play in the snow too with my kids. Well, that day has never come so I’m not as nice about it at work. People always say, “but I have kids” sorry, not sorry! So over it! And I actually am a very sweet person but this always puts me over the edge.
Yes!! This is so true! When it comes to holiday vacation everyone assumes you don’t want time off because you don’t have children. I personally don’t celebrate holidays so it is less important to me but as a supervisor I’ve heard things like “Jill should let me have Christmas off—she doesn’t even have kids!” That just burns me up! “Jill” still has family, she’s still deserving of a break! Not to mention if she’s not childless by choice then the comment can be salt in a wound. Since I approve time off requests I try to pay special attention to these scenarios to make sure they don’t impact who takes time off.