Interview with Roman Chulpaty, who has a unique, but rather exemplary view on maternity

Off balance

What about the man side of maternity?

Being a dad is not the easiest job as Roman Chulpaty mentioned during our conversation, but being a working dad with two children seems like an even harder task.

Roman is the founder of Alternative Perspectives, a consulting company that looks at global trends and their effects on business and economy, and related platform Alter Eko, which has since 2011 been bringing together leading economists, business people, academics, and politicians to discuss these issues.

in this episode we share the results of our latest maternity survey with Roman, who’s not surprised by some of our findings and stresses the importance of employers’ and job market flexibility. As his jobs and contracts always offered him high flexibility, so to the question of "Do you think you could earn more if you had a reliable and affordable childcare solution, 24/7? “ he mainly focused on the advantages and disadvantages of the freelancer lifestyle.

70% of parents genuinely feel fatigued and feeling emotionally drained, as the survey shows. Roman just confirmed that, even with the advantage tool of flexibility, being well-rested and not feeling tired is a constant struggle for parents. The flexibility allows you to work at any time, however, if you spend time with your kids and work at night the biggest question is: “When are you going to sleep?”

What about paternity leave, or, as they say in Czech Republic, the “paternity holiday"? Roman did not take any paternity leave, but what happened when their second child arrived?

So, the question is: is this our new normal? Or is the new normal abnormal?

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