A mom on Reddit is calling out her employer’s unrealistic expectations of work-from-home parents during this difficult time.

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, user pinkfroggie, like many others, was given the option to do her job remotely. At first, she felt lucky to have the benefit. Now, the OP, who has a son, says she feels “tricked.”

Describing her situation on the Working Moms subreddit, she wrote: “It’s not possible to adequately care for a 2-year-old while having to work at the same time. I cannot take calls half the day with a kid in my lap. I cannot send emails when he’s constantly commandeering my keyboard.”

To make matters worse, she’s being required to take four hours of calls “about that things that don’t really matter.” The OP said it’s “not fair” to ask her child to wait as she does this.

Fed up, she ended her post writing, “Sorry, employer, you’re going to have to bear some of the brunt of this situation too.” She added that the company she works for has been granted “billions in support” by the government and that her toddler is “already saddled” with having to pay that money back because the government is “borrowing against his future taxes.”

In the comments section, several moms let the OP know that she isn’t alone.

“Long ago I let go of (most) of the working-mom guilt. While I work I put on my professional hat and they go to school and learn and play with their friends. Back at home, my mom hat goes on… Now, with the lines blurred between those two worlds, I feel like I’m constantly failing in both worlds,” user RamieGee wrote.

ISFJ-T, a nurse who was redeployed to work from home, replied, “I have a 16-month-old. I’m expected to triage all patients who work for my company over the phone. I logged 7+ hours today while trying to be a mom as well. This is hard as f**k, and I feel like an awful mom for trying to balance the work/mom life today.”

While parents who are able to work from home are certainly grateful for the benefit, they are also under a lot of stress right now. They have responsibilities and concerns related to their family and health, in addition to their job. Employers should consider this when creating schedules and measuring productivity, and realize that the business-as-usual mentality is inapplicable at this point.

User upvoteforyouhun summed it up nicely: “I hope employers get that this isn’t a vacation for us… that we can’t devote every ounce of ‘extra’ time to work right now. Some of us are anxious, scared, have spouses that have been laid off, and to top that off we have to watch our children full time without being prepared for it.”