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Re:Nvidia – significant increases in parental benefits for ... by wyager on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @06:14PM (#12308904)
How is that relevant? Regardless of how hard parenting is, they decided to bring that responsibility upon themselves, and other employees bear the financial burden.

It's not a "job" in the normal sense because you're not generating profit for anyone, but the company is still paying you. All the people without children perform more labor but get rewarded less (because they get less time off, don't get whatever benefits patenthood may entail, etc.). People without children absolutely get screwed over by such arrangements.

Whether or not this is acceptable depends on your goals and what you consider acceptable incentivization schemes.

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Re:Nvidia – significant increases in parental benefits for ... by gsg21 on Thursday August 18, 2016 @08:40AM (#12312002)
And the people without kids who don't like generous parental leave decided to bring that responsibility on themselves when they chose to work there. When they accepted that job, they saw what the benefits were. If they feel like they're getting screwed over, then they can choose to work somewhere else.
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