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Being a working mom comes with challenges, and the biggest one is childcare. If both parents work outside the home, it’s vital to find someone to watch the kids during the day.
In this story, we hear about an employee’s coworker who just returned from maternity leave. She wants her coworkers to lie for her if she gets to work later after dropping her baby off at daycare.
They don’t feel comfortable doing that, but one employee also feels bad for not helping her out.
What’s the right thing to do in this situation? Let’s read the whole story to decide.
AITA for not agreeing to lie to my supervisor so my coworker had extra benefits?
We work in a office, would prefer not to say which company.
I’ve been working here for over ten years and have a good position, never had a big issue besides “who stole my lunch” type of deal.
However I think some time prior to the pandemic a new woman started working here too.
Returning to work meant finding childcare.
Last year she had a baby, recently her maternity leave finished so she had to come back to work.
As her and her husband can’t afford a nanny then they need to send their kid to a nursery day care, which is around forty minutes away from our workplace.
She has asked management to get in an hour later than everyone else but they declined
Here’s the problem.
The issue I’m facing is that yesterday’s afternoon she asked me and other coworkers (who immediately work with her) to cover her up so she can arrive late anyway.
I said no and that I would tell our supervisor if he’d ask me.
She got very angry but some other people agreed with me, we can’t risk out jobs because of her.
OP feels conflicted.
It does suck that she’s having it hard but it’s not our fault.
She called us all jerks and cried.
My family thinks I done well but I have this gut feeling that I’m truly a jerk for not helping her out.
No, the coworkers shouldn’t lie for the new mom. Why can’t she find a daycare closer to work? Surely, there has to be some place closer.
Let’s see how Reddit responded.
This person thinks her coworkers are right.
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Here’s what her coworker should really do.
This person mentions “integrity.”
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Another person understands why OP feels bad about saying “no.”
Saying “no” can be hard, but sometimes it’s the right thing to do, especially when you’re being asked to lie for someone.
The coworker is going to have to figure this out on her own.
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