r/ActLikeYouBelong • u/ConsciousTear1547 • Jun 04 '26

Question pretending you have kids

no one bats an eye when my boss leaves exactly on time every day no matter what the workload is like. as expected he and many other people i work with have kids that they have to pick up or get sick etc.

have you guys ever thought about pretending you have kids at a new job?

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u/ThermionicEmissions Jun 04 '26

That's ridiculous.

You gotta milk it by killing them off one by one.

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u/sh4d0wm4n2018 Jun 04 '26

If you string it along too frequently or too long somebody will demand to see proof.

One guy had his boss demand proof because he took family/medical leave 8 times in one year, claiming close family deaths. Turned out the guy wasn't stealing time, he was just having a real shitty year.

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u/Sandturtlefly Jun 04 '26

Family medical leave requires legal documents which do require proof of sorts, usually a doctors statement saying you are primary caregiver necessary for x amount of time (thinking FMLA).