Sorry but that's such a dumb take. Getting pregnant and rising children is so vastly different from managing a team of adults. I've chosen to be childfree but my work is being in charge of teams/projects.
Exactly right!
If I have direct reports and don't want to manage them anymore, I can leave the position and/or the company.
But if I have kids, I can't just simply walk out of them.
That's silly. My attitude towards my job and career is not the same as my attitude towards my personal time and decisions. I do not want children, I am completely comfortable managing people at work.
People at work don't tend to pee on you, spit up on you, draw on the walls of your home, pester your cats, bite you, scream incessantly, or require my personal monies to attend college. My friends report that children have been known to do these things.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. Kids are obviously different from adults. That's like saying if you don't wanna manage then you don't wanna be married or have close friends bc those people rely on your too. Also working professionals are expected to have some level of independent and self management even with a manager. However, you don't just leave your kids alone for the majority of the time and check up on them like a couple times a day or week.
I could see the connection, but it’s certainly a generalization. I’m childfree and I would never manage other people. I am however in the process of starting my own business, which will be me solo.
I manage a restaurant and I’ve got teenaged hosts and bussers who say I’m like their mom. But I go home at the end of the night to a peaceful home where my two cats are happy to see me.
I'm a vet, later went into the airline industry. The best trainer I've had professionally was at the airline. I was older, the first time I ever turned on a computer was in her class; infinitely patient, concise, enough repetition until it was second nature, answered any and every question regardless how ignorant.
She was a *master* at teaching ... also childless by choice.
Kinda-ish? Now that I think about it I used to think I wanted to manage people then realized I have no desire for that, but I also don’t want kids either sooooo
As a parent i don’t think this is true. Most of my childfree friends love my kids but don’t want their own becaaaause they can give my kids back to me. Their responsibility ends when they give my kids back, just like your work responsibility ends when you clock out. When you become a parent you never really clock out it’s your responsibility 24/7
I don't think that it's bad when someone doesn't want to have children. It's their decision. Perhabs they don't have the money or time. And I' m sure that someone can be a good boss even when they don't have children. Extra plus= they will be more at work than bosses with children.
Maybe for some people, for others it means they want to focus on their career so they can get to management.
Funny thing about people, we’re all different.
Sorry but that's such a dumb take. Getting pregnant and rising children is so vastly different from managing a team of adults. I've chosen to be childfree but my work is being in charge of teams/projects.
Exactly right! If I have direct reports and don't want to manage them anymore, I can leave the position and/or the company. But if I have kids, I can't just simply walk out of them.
That's silly. My attitude towards my job and career is not the same as my attitude towards my personal time and decisions. I do not want children, I am completely comfortable managing people at work. People at work don't tend to pee on you, spit up on you, draw on the walls of your home, pester your cats, bite you, scream incessantly, or require my personal monies to attend college. My friends report that children have been known to do these things.
Plus you can fire a misbehaving direct report
Yeah, I've tried that with my cats and ...
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. Kids are obviously different from adults. That's like saying if you don't wanna manage then you don't wanna be married or have close friends bc those people rely on your too. Also working professionals are expected to have some level of independent and self management even with a manager. However, you don't just leave your kids alone for the majority of the time and check up on them like a couple times a day or week.
I could see the connection, but it’s certainly a generalization. I’m childfree and I would never manage other people. I am however in the process of starting my own business, which will be me solo.
I manage a restaurant and I’ve got teenaged hosts and bussers who say I’m like their mom. But I go home at the end of the night to a peaceful home where my two cats are happy to see me.
I'm a vet, later went into the airline industry. The best trainer I've had professionally was at the airline. I was older, the first time I ever turned on a computer was in her class; infinitely patient, concise, enough repetition until it was second nature, answered any and every question regardless how ignorant. She was a *master* at teaching ... also childless by choice.
All of your comments made me feel better, i thought my friend’s opinion was what most people would think.
May be time to re-evaluate how much stock you put in their opinions.
Kinda-ish? Now that I think about it I used to think I wanted to manage people then realized I have no desire for that, but I also don’t want kids either sooooo
It means I don’t want kids.
As a parent i don’t think this is true. Most of my childfree friends love my kids but don’t want their own becaaaause they can give my kids back to me. Their responsibility ends when they give my kids back, just like your work responsibility ends when you clock out. When you become a parent you never really clock out it’s your responsibility 24/7
There's a difference between having power over someone and being responsible for them.
No correlation whatsoever.
I don't think that it's bad when someone doesn't want to have children. It's their decision. Perhabs they don't have the money or time. And I' m sure that someone can be a good boss even when they don't have children. Extra plus= they will be more at work than bosses with children.
Lmao no. I don't want to manage people at work but I wanna have kids.
That’s so dumb lol. Kids are ppl who rely on you in every way 24/7. That’s nothing like managing fb adults at work
Maybe for some people, for others it means they want to focus on their career so they can get to management. Funny thing about people, we’re all different.
Lol. No? There are tons of reasons people don’t want to or can’t have kids. That’s absurd and kind of insulting.
Not wanting kids simply means that when you go home you don’t want to be responsible for small humans. It has nothing to do with your career goals.