Why Do People Get Special Treatment at Work Because They Have Kids?

One of my co-workers gets to leave early every day because their kid gets out of school around 3pm. This worker doesn’t have to make up the hours he misses. He works a 6 hour work day while the rest of us work 8. This seems to be common everywhere. I have worked in several different jobs in the past 10 years and at every one there is a person that gets to show up late, leave early or both just because they have a child.

I know parenting is hard at times, especially when you’re a single parent, but since when does having a child entitle you to work less for the same pay? I have things I could be doing outside of work also. I could be caring for a sick friend, or visiting my grandma. Do I get time off for that?

Managers are getting too soft these days. I know if my mom or dad asked for time off from their jobs to tend to me when I was young, they would’ve been laughed at.

I understand if a parent needs to get their child at a certain time, but after that, the time should be made up on a Saturday or later in the day. It’s not fair to the rest of the people that do not have kids that have to work a full day.

Next rant: Smokers that are allowed extra break time just because they smoke.