[HN Gopher] Pursuing the Reunification of Home and Work
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       Pursuing the Reunification of Home and Work
        
       Author : see-also
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-07-15 19:53 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | fleddr wrote:
       | "Netherlands enjoy the highest subjective measure of life
       | satisfaction among all OECD countries. Perhaps one reason is that
       | their mothers are also among the most likely to work part-time."
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       | I'm from the Netherlands and can confirm that the 1.5 model is
       | very common. Typically the man has the full-time job and the wife
       | works part-time and combines it with care for the children on the
       | other days. On days where both parents work, often grandparents
       | help out, if not possible it's daycare, which soon will be made
       | free.
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       | Cynical people may think of it as a semi-old-fashioned model, but
       | I couldn't disagree more. I know many such couples and these
       | women see this as a "best of both worlds" situation where they
       | both contribute to society and have invaluable quality time with
       | their children. Some may start to work more hours once the kids
       | are in school, but many just stay on this lifestyle, or then
       | proceed to take care of aging parents. Quite a lot have a job in
       | care, which means altogether their lives evolve around being with
       | people and caring for them. They want to live this way and
       | provide an invaluable service to family and society.
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       | Men often have a parent day, which is one day of unpaid leave per
       | week for the first 2 years. Another variation of the model is 2 x
       | 4, where both parents work 4 days as it slowly gets more
       | acceptable for men to work part-time too.
       | 
       | The important part is of course to have options, so that each can
       | find their own ideal balance.
        
       | robg wrote:
       | The homestead of the future is one where multiple generations
       | live together while working remotely. Knowledge work had been
       | reducible to bits for 20 years, now they can be transmitted
       | anywhere in milliseconds, just in time for a family lunch or
       | dinner or movie.
        
         | fleddr wrote:
         | Transmitted anywhere in milliseconds also means transmitted to
         | a lower cost country, so be careful with this flexibility.
        
           | willcipriano wrote:
           | In order to get the lower cost country to build it, first you
           | have to be able to tell them what it is you want to build.
           | 
           | In my experience we are a long way away from the people
           | running companies being able to do that. Agile is basically
           | "build stuff until you stumble on what we actually wanted".
        
         | chromatin wrote:
         | It sounds nice, but there are extremely large segments that
         | keep society functioning that don't involve knowledge work and
         | can't be done remotely. It's easy to forget how much it takes
         | behind the scences to keep the machine humming smoothly.
        
           | Gare wrote:
           | > It's easy to forget how much it takes behind the scences to
           | keep the machine humming smoothly.
           | 
           | Until your toilet gets clogged.
        
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