Discrimination

This article sickens me.

I love that employers are all about helping "people" maintain a "life/work balance" as long as those "people" are parents.

As a childfree woman who works in a cubicle, I would be horribly offended if Suzie, who decides to have a child, gets use of an office for 9 months!

Another favorite:

"Scout is so well-adjusted, and people come over all the time to play with her. They jump at the chance to watch Scout if I have a phone call," Hewlett says.

So when you have a phone call and can't take care of your child, other employees who DO want to take care of your child get to take time out of their work day to do so? Since I don't want to babysit for you I guess I'll just sit over here and WORK!

I'm also horrified by:

Many companies balk at the concept of babies at work full time. At Ernst & Young accounting firm, parents can get subsidized, backup child care in their homes.

Why would an office subsidize childcare? I certainly hope there's a comparable subsidy being offered to the employees who chose NOT to have children, but I sincerely doubt it.

Don't even get me started on maternity leave, the increased use of sick days by employees with children, the assumption that I don't really need any premium vacation days (ie: Christmas, etc) since I don't have children, the fact that I could never leave work early to hit the gym but a parent can leave for any myriad of child-related reasons (play, recital, soccer game, whatever)...

Ugh. I guess I am started.