[Tade0]

Each and every parent of 4+ whom I worked with lived in the middle of nowhere and would only emerge from the deep woods for an occasional workshop a few times a year.

It's a lifestyle impossible if one has to show up an hour's drive away, every weekday.

[kj4211cash]

Yes! I'm "only" a parent of 3 and live nowhere near my coworkers and would be happiest never going to the office. I have been told to travel across the country to HQ every 2 months for vague reasons. I wish I could better articulate to my managers the costs of this policy to my family. Usually female managers understand.

[Tade0]

> I wish I could better articulate to my managers the costs of this policy to my family.

Sounds like grounds for "take your child to work day". Do people still do that? I went a few times with my mom to her place in between school years.

[Gormo]

Along with people who don't want to waste hours of their day on unproductive commute time.