Facebook is giving $1k to every employee

Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:20PM (#22608231)

That kind of defeats the purpose of "shelter in place", doesn't it? With so many asymptomatic carriers and children being germ magnets, those babysitters are going to become a very effective vector for spreading the virus.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by dmix on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:40PM (#22608517)

Not everyone is capable of going without babysitters though. I see nothing wrong with it for exceptional cases.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by phoe-krk on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:43PM (#22608546)

Then you either have people whose situation worsens due to coronavirus illness or people whose situation worsens since they can't earn money and instead need to focus on child care. Pick your poison.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:25PM (#22609145)

I'll pick the one that isn't self-replicating and rapidly spreading undetected.

In fact, we've already cancelled our babysitter's visits. She's a nurse-in-training, so she understands.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by garmaine on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:48PM (#22608622)

The latter doesn’t put the entire population at risk.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by phoe-krk on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:54PM (#22608713)

I assume that this is exactly why Facebook gives that money to its people. The fewer childcare workers are required to help around while also spreading the virus, the better.

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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee by BurningFrog on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:47PM (#22608593)

I think the Bay Area order mandates small and unchanging groups of kids.

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