Kids at Work

[meh_too]

We have a lady returning to work from maternity leave shortly. She will be bringing her infant to work when she returns, because she thinks the baby is too young to go to a childminder - the baby is 3 months old. 

I had no family support when my kids were little and I had to pay (alot) in order for me to work, and I suspect thats what is really going on here - she does not want to pay.

I share an office with this woman and I am very upset about it.  I have no wish to become this child's babysitter.

What do you think about this situation?

[izabsmiling]

If she doesn't even have the common curtesy and respect for her workmates to dispose of the baby's smelly nappies in an appropriate manner, it doesn't bode well for everything else that having a baby at work will entail. 

Who knows Crikey ? I don't know the woman myself, I don't know the situation.I wasn't there.It could possibly have been that she was flustered having the baby with her at work for the first time,having to use the desk to change her/him and it may not have even registered to her that that bin wasn't the one she may have at home by her change table.I don't know.

What I do wonder is why other people would put up with the smell after it had been done rather than do something about it themselves...not very proactive,or team minded and it seems as though they may just want to make themselves suffer or give themselves more to use against others ?

[daydream**believer]

i know of an office that has the cleaners come in on Tuesdays and Fridays.

If the bins get full in the meantime, the staff have to empty them into the big bins outside.

In the nappy case, it wouldnt matter if the bins were emptied daily or weekly, an office bin is no place for a dirty nappy

[azureline**]

I don't know the woman myself, I don't know the situation.I wasn't there.It could possibly have been that she was flustered having the baby with her at work for the first time,having to use the desk to change her/him and it may not have even registered to her that that bin wasn't the one she may have at home by her change table.I don't know.

I am fairly certain the OP said she was visiting with her new baby, not working.......

[izabsmiling]

All I know is that I personally did some pretty stupid things which I wouldn't usually do in the first few months after have my babies.

I am glad that I didn't need to go to work so soon after having mine.That I was able to stay at home longer and breast feed them.My work and the environments I've worked in would not have been a good one to have my babies in while i worked...it would not have been good for anyone.

[patchoo78]

In the nappy case, it wouldnt matter if the bins were emptied daily or weekly, an office bin is no place for a dirty nappy

Agreed.. A soiled nappy is considered biological waste, and there need to be appropriate methods and places to dispose of nappies.. An office bin is not one of them..

Just in case I get questioned, I actually have a link this time to back up my statement ;\

http://www.globalhealthychildcare.dreamhosters.com/healthy-living-and-play-spaces/storage-and-disposal-of-soiled-diapers/

[mainecoon1]

About 10 years ago one of our staff members sued the boss because he bought his children into work and she ended up with chicken pox.

When my boss received the letter from her lawyer, he passed it to the company lawyer and was told to settle straight away as he did not have a leg to stand on.  She ended up with a finacial settlement for stress and inconvieniance and the boss had to give her the time off without it coming off her leave or sick leave entitlements.

IMO children should not be in the work place, I am an office worker and I come to work to work not be a nanny for other peoples children or to be distracted by them. 

[2106greencat]

About 10 years ago one of our staff members sued the boss because he bought his children into work and she ended up with chicken pox.

When my boss received the letter from her lawyer, he passed it to the company lawyer and was told to settle straight away as he did not have a leg to stand on.  She ended up with a finacial settlement for stress and inconvieniance and the boss had to give her the time off without it coming off her leave or sick leave entitlements.

IMO children should not be in the work place, I am an office worker and I come to work to work not be a nanny for other peoples children or to be distracted by them. 

Wow - hope her working day's were happy after that. I am sorry, but suing someone coz you got ill ? If I go to work with the flu, can someone sue me or the company coz they catch it and need time off ? As 'stressful' as I (can't really) see it being - is it all about money these days?? Sad

[j*oono]

I would hope that she didn't need to use him as a reference for future employment.

[2106greencat]

:^O  Exactly - how uncomfortable would it have been to continue working there 😞

[mainecoon1]

No hard feelings as the boss knew he was responsible, she went on maternity leave a year and a half later and decided not to return when she was due back.

My boss never bought his sons to work again so lesson learnt, the reason she sued was because she had a very bad case of chicken pox that landed her in hospital over Christmas and her and her husband were suposed to be going to Europe on holiday.  She did not get any settlement for the holiday expenses as that was covered by their travel insurance but the cancelled holiday and hospital stay did cause her stress and inconvenience.

The boss suspected one of his sons might have chicken pox and should not have bought them in to work knowing one of them might be sick especially as it was during the incubation period.  The son did have chicken pox but not as bad as the staff member.