Our kid’s daycare just reduced summer hours to 8am-4pm, citing labor shortages. Archived Message Posted by CWR10 on May 18, 2022, 23:03:37 I’m sympathetic to the challenges these places have faced over the last two years but how incredibly difficult for families with two full time working parents. Message Thread: Our kid’s daycare just reduced summer hours to 8am-4pm, citing labor shortages. - CWR10 May 18, 2022, 23:03:37 That sucks. I'm so glad not to have to worry about child care or formula right now. * - doubledown May 19, 2022, 10:21:58 Ours just permanently reduced hours. Not as bad as yours but ours was originally open from 630- - GhostofPokeyStixPast May 19, 2022, 8:21:42 Completely stoked to have both kids in elementary school on the same schedule this fall… - haighter May 19, 2022, 8:21:24 We are paying out the ass to get employees. It’s a real problem. * - uofi1998 May 19, 2022, 7:13:46 Good for the workers but it really underscores how broken the economics of it are. - CWR10 May 19, 2022, 8:07:34 I’ve probably posted this 50 times, but the price people pay is necessary for the business to… - uofi1998 May 19, 2022, 8:48:25 The weekly price we were quoted for infant care now seems obscenely low - RangerDanger May 19, 2022, 9:51:13 I completely agree that the math doesn't work but it doesn't make it any less difficult for families - CWR10 May 19, 2022, 10:09:20 I'd think more employers would chip in - RangerDanger May 19, 2022, 10:54:35 Seen more than a few articles like this popping up in the past few weeks: - ATL May 19, 2022, 7:27:59 8 am seems crazier to me than the 4 pm. that is really late to start* - lcubed May 19, 2022, 6:42:24 Especially if neither are WFH anymore * - CubsWonWorldSeries May 19, 2022, 6:39:00 Morning, in Biden’s America* - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 6:35:08 Just make the wife work at the kid's daycare center. Boom. Solved. - timmer May 19, 2022, 6:27:45 My wife makes more money than I do. But helpful, as always* - CWR10 May 19, 2022, 8:10:33 Just have to hope one of the two has flexibility with work. - Illini Guy May 19, 2022, 6:14:52 Brutal. I'm sure it forces a certain level of efficiency but not a fan of the stop/start - CWR10 May 19, 2022, 8:14:40 That seems horrible to have to spread work over 14 hours - CubsWonWorldSeries May 19, 2022, 6:40:24 It’s pretty rough some days. Sometimes I just say eff it and skip anything after 3:30* - Illini Guy May 19, 2022, 8:02:10   Searching