Maggie Mundwiller lost her job in the middle of lockdown, just six weeks after her baby Mylo was born and in the last year she has been searching for employment. But Maggie explained; "A lot of people are not able to pay for the child care if they're unemployed, even if there is one parent that is employed, You have so many other bills that you have to pay for."
Maggie was interviewed for a marketing job and got a last minute call for a follow up interview but her family were all busy and she couldn't find anyone with such short notice to look after Mylo. Maggie asked the company if they would re-schedule the interview as she couldn't get a babysitter and the company reassured her they were child-friendly. Maggie told them she would be there in a few hours, and she took Mylo with her.
Maggie said she hoped to "make a good impression and make light out of a situation that's a little bit different than what we're used to." so she dressed Mylo in a suit and gave him a reference to hand in to the employers. Mylo's reference listed his skills:
Skills
- can destroy a clean space in 30 seconds
- can take off own diaper
- can say about 5 words that start with B&D
- can smell flowers with my teeth
- can walk down stairs holding mums hand
- can throw a ball
In the link above you can watch the video on tik tok of Mylo getting ready for the interview.
Maggie later said the interview went well because she had nothing to hide, "I could be my authentic self without hiding parts of my personal life."
Maggie's video got 9 million views on tik tok and was praised by many people for highlighting the issue of childcare. Senator Elizabeth Warren said, "I can remember what it was like as a young mum trying to juggle a big new job - standing in the drive way, bouncing my baby on my hip, panic mounting because the babysitter hadn't come yet. That's why I'm in this fight for quality, affordable child care."
Maggie got the job.
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