# what's reasonable for managers to expect of parents working from home? — Ask a Manager - Host: [askamanager.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/askamanager.org/) - Saved: April 16, 2020 (2020-04-17T01:59:55Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e68ca771f65e/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e68ca771f65e.json ## What Jamie wrote Good reminder, again, that we are not simply in a work from home environment. We are in a global pandemic with a mandated quarantine. > In the past, it was reasonable to expect people to stay more or less productive throughout the workday. It’s not anymore. That’s not because people are lazy or taking advantage or somehow not understanding what work you expect of them. It’s because there is a global pandemic that has changed everyone’s reality. It needs to change yours too. This is a different thing entirely, and we all need to work together and be agile and empathetic to the needs of our teams. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT144: Weekly Thing #144 / Contact Tracing, Stockdale Paradox, John Prine, Goat 2 Meeting](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/144/), Recommended Links ## Saved the same week - [Some shirts hide you from cameras—but will anyone wear them? | Ars Technica](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/170b19da3108/) (arstechnica.com, April 16, 2020) - [markmap-lib](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/56ad8422f9b9/) (markmap.js.org, April 16, 2020) - [Mini Office](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a8f72e67df0d/) (dwellito.com, April 16, 2020) - [The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot right now | Ars Technica](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/76d5a6e9c00c/) (arstechnica.com, April 16, 2020) - [The hard way | A Working Library](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b8200b7d5c6d/) (aworkinglibrary.com, April 16, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.askamanager.org/2020/04/whats-reasonable-for-managers-to-expect-of-parents-working-from-home.html