June 24, 2014
David Shepardson

Ford Motor Co. safety engineer Roger Trombley didn’t want his kids to think he was just the guy who walked through the door of their Ann Arbor home at the end of the day.

So Trombley, 37, became the first man in his department to go to a part-time schedule, in 2009, so he could be with son Dillon. Since then, three other dads in his unit at Ford have followed suit.

Trombley was among four working parents who were lunch guests of President Barack Obama Monday at a Chipotle restaurant, ahead of Obama’s White House summit on working families. The summit was intended to explore ways that employers can enable their workers to spend time with their families.

“I want to see their milestones. I want to really bond with them. I want them to feel comfortable to get that hug, get that kiss,” Trombley said in an interview Monday. In the meantime, his wife — also a Ford engineer — will continue to have her career, too, and not be forced to abandon it to do most of the parenting.

 

Source
The Detroit News