[xyzelement]

I am just curious, is this a hypothetical or do you know of many people who actually made the explicit choice to break even working, just to have continuity of resume?

It smells a little like BS to me, both because it seems to be often repeated (so sounds like a talking point) but I can't imagine any parents I know to actually decide this way

[alocasia-1]

I've worked with a couple of folks that have said this exact thing, yes. One was a lab tech and I'm pretty sure she was less-than-breaking-even with putting her two kids in daycare. So yeah, it's definitely a real thing.