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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by danharaj on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:02AM (#16931459)
The obvious resolution is that all workers should be able to set their work conditions so that they can do their jobs without sacrificing any bit of their wellbeing.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by dasmoth on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:07AM (#16931495)
That would certainly seem like the ideal.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by spurcell93 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:38AM (#16932223)
Ah, the old, if you don't like it go somewhere else argument employed by privileged capitalists everywhere.

"People who are worried about the negative conditions at Uber shouldn't drive for Uber! It's not anyone's problem that those conditions are negative. "

Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by pc86 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:48AM (#16932326)
Nobody here is talking about sexual harassment, discrimination, or anything of the sort. Nobody is defending those.

But being present for a daily meeting during normal working hours is a pretty low bar to meet. Not everyone can meet that bar! That's fine. Not everyone can do every job. If you have some medical, psychological, socioeconomic, or ideological reason why you can't be present for a meeting from 9:00-9:10 Mon-Fri, it's not a violation of your human rights to suggest maybe you can't do whatever that job is.

Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by mbrock on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:36AM (#16932819)
I don't care about morning meetings as a bar to meet; I just think they're almost always useless or harmful.

Luckily I now work remotely, set my own hours 100%, and collaborate asynchronously with no daily synchronization points.

I could rush off to an office at the exact same time every morning... but why? It

Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by pc86 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:39AM (#16931717)
Being at a 9am meeting is not a sacrifice to any part of anyone's wellbeing.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by stephen_g on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:06AM (#16931954)
That’s overly broad and simply false. It can be quite damaging to the wellbeing of people with severe circadian rhythm disorders.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by pc86 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:22AM (#16932110)
One would think those people would not be applying for work that required you to be in an office before 9am then.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by Sir_Vival on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:28AM (#16932743)
Good luck with that. I had aspirations of being a developer but ended up being a wedding photographer instead due to my circadian rhythm issues. Maybe in major cities you'd have enough options to find something that'd work, but in smaller cities or rural areas there's no hope.
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by danharaj on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:48AM (#16931788)
What's your justification for that?
Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by bovermyer on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:41PM (#16933946)
Show me the data that supports your claim.