Based on the current comments in this thread, I may get destroyed for this but it's a genuine question...
My read of that article is that it only applies to people whose job requires them to be on location M-F 9-5. Yet they aren't saying "You must all come in, COVID be damned!"; in fact, quite the contrary, they are allowing people to elect to work remotely instead. What this policy is saying is IF you are a job that requires you to be on location and IF you elect to work remotely from home instead, then you must have child care options in place as you will not be allowed to both elect to work from home while also being the one in charge of supervising your children at the same time. Why would that be received as such a crime to humanity? Have you ever tried to have a constructive work day at home while you're in the care of young children by yourself? It is literally impossible. Sure, you MIGHT be able to get a burst of work in here and there, but there is ZERO chance you can work 9-5. Zero. In fact, you can't come anywhere even remotely close to working a full work day if you're in charge of young kids on your own, youd be lucky to get 2 productive hours in.. unless you have a spouse, babysitter, family member, day care, etc, in which case this entire discussion is moot.
I am well aware that for many people with schools being out of session and finances hurting because of COVID it leaves them in a very difficult spot to figure out how to return to work while also having their kids cared for, especially single parents. My analysis here has no impact on my sympathy for those in that situation. But I'm still not grasping the outrage here. If you think this policy is so absurd and offensive, what would your alternative be for single parents who have no means of child care yet are supposed to work M-F 9-5 in their job (regardless of whether its FSU or any entity or corporation in America)? Do they just not work (or try their best to get a few mins in here and there from home if they get lucky and their kids both nap at the same time) and yet still get paid their full salary? And if you say yes to that, then for how long? What if schools dont open in the Fall or even next Spring? What if their is no vaccine? All companies are required to just keep paying all employees full time even if they cant work anywhere near full time, and do so indefinitely?
I'm not getting the outrage re this policy. School me on what I'm missing here. And no, I'm not "siding with FSU".