I just checked, and it turns out that babies and toddlers don't stay awake an in need of attention for 100% of every hour. They are also not awake for 100% of 9-5 work hours. This is not rocket science.
Here's the thing: if you're a decent human being and someone is in a meeting and their kid wakes up unexpectedly you can reschedule the meeting or delay it a couple of minutes. If someone is not in a meeting then who gives a damn if they spend an hour or two in the middle of the day playing with their kid?
It's super easy.
Any business has a choice. You can reward working exactly a 9 to 5, or you can reward getting the work done and doing incredible work.
You are making it absolutely crystal clear that you would rather a person who is doing a 9 to 5 and not remotely interested in doing anything else is more valuable than any amount of skill or work that isn't 100% available for BS meetings from 9-5.
It's also not lost on me that these policies universally favor people who don't have children, or who are not expected to look after children. While the deployment of child rearing would ideally be a 50/50 split, it is still split such that women are expected to do that, so a policy that says "you can have a job or you can have kids" is inherently biased against women.
Here's the thing: if you're a decent human being and someone is in a meeting and their kid wakes up unexpectedly you can reschedule the meeting or delay it a couple of minutes. If someone is not in a meeting then who gives a damn if they spend an hour or two in the middle of the day playing with their kid?
It's super easy.
Any business has a choice. You can reward working exactly a 9 to 5, or you can reward getting the work done and doing incredible work.
You are making it absolutely crystal clear that you would rather a person who is doing a 9 to 5 and not remotely interested in doing anything else is more valuable than any amount of skill or work that isn't 100% available for BS meetings from 9-5.
It's also not lost on me that these policies universally favor people who don't have children, or who are not expected to look after children. While the deployment of child rearing would ideally be a 50/50 split, it is still split such that women are expected to do that, so a policy that says "you can have a job or you can have kids" is inherently biased against women.