Re:Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Bigg...
by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday June 16, 2018 @07:46AM
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Businesses aren't spared the benefits generated by their employees.
Employees are a benefit, not a cost. The fact employees have requirements of their own is something that happens in organisations run by humans for humans.
If you think employees are a cost, you're doing business wrong - and doing humanity wrong too.
This really comes down to a political issue - who is business for? In capitalist economies, business exists primarily to make money for shareholders and management.
The belief that this can excuse all kinds of incredibly inhumane behaviours is far more of a problem than the fact that women get pregnant and need time off.
Now - you can argue there is huge inconvenience in not having someone turn up to work for a while. From one point of view, it's certainly not ideal.
But a mature business should be able to deal with all kinds of challenges, including human issues, technical issues, political issues, and financial issues.
Being amazed and blindsided by a pregnancy, or even multiple pregnancies, suggests poor planning and a brittle culture. It's not evidence of freebooting capitalism, so much as of not being very good at management.
Employees are a benefit, not a cost. The fact employees have requirements of their own is something that happens in organisations run by humans for humans.
If you think employees are a cost, you're doing business wrong - and doing humanity wrong too.
This really comes down to a political issue - who is business for? In capitalist economies, business exists primarily to make money for shareholders and management.
The belief that this can excuse all kinds of incredibly inhumane behaviours is far more of a problem than the fact that women get pregnant and need time off.
Now - you can argue there is huge inconvenience in not having someone turn up to work for a while. From one point of view, it's certainly not ideal.
But a mature business should be able to deal with all kinds of challenges, including human issues, technical issues, political issues, and financial issues.
Being amazed and blindsided by a pregnancy, or even multiple pregnancies, suggests poor planning and a brittle culture. It's not evidence of freebooting capitalism, so much as of not being very good at management.