[technofiend]

Is this the next "I work 27 hour days and never leave the office" thing people will brag about? I understand keeping a family together is good parenting but is choosing to spend 3-4 days a week elsewhere good parenting? I would question that versus relocating them if needed.

[cmarschner]

Being at home tired Fridays to Sunday afternoons is not what I would call good parenting. It means the wife (and I guess we're mostly talking about women here) is carrying the family.

[dwd]

Spot on - the wife/partner carrying the family is the biggest issue in my daily 4hr commute. Also an issue is just not able to be there in an emergency. For example, my wife locked herself out of the house yesterday and fortunately her parents who are close have a spare key. But children or pets get sick/injured and you really need to be close and that is always a worry.

[omonra]

But if someone works relatively long hours they may not see their kids much regardless. For example if someone works on Wall St - they may have to leave the house at 6am and be home at 8pm. That doesn't leave a lot of time to see young kids.

[staticelf]

In more developed countries we have laws that protect workers for such long hours.

[paulojreis]

And those are clearly working, right?

[adrianN]

They're working pretty well here in Germany.

[drjohnkasanders]

Laws never stopped big companies or employers that wanted a job done...

[paulojreis]

Exactly. Particularly when they're written by and for said companies, or the ones who own them.

[lagadu]

Looking around... yes. It's working fine.