Re:Parents got more time off, then the backlash started
by u801e on Sunday September 06, 2020 @12:47AM
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> Cool, except people choose to be parents, and when you do that you accept the additional work involved in that.
Yes. That's why parents will get before and afterschool child care, daycare, find a relative, or hire a babysitter to take care of the child(ren), etc. so that they can work. When most if not all of that is taken away, then what do you expect?
Also, keep in mind that other than a relative or public school, you usually have to pay quite a bit of money for these services, but I don't see parents arguing that they should be paid more to compensate for those additional expenses so that their income after expenses is comparable to those who don't have children.
It is unfair to offer arbitrary benefits to people with children, and then compensate them the same amount as people who are doing more work.
That’s a “I chose to to do something I knew would take up a lot of time, I want work to give me time off to do that, but I also want work to continue to pay me as much as anyone else, including those people who are doing more work”.
P/maternity leave is one thing, arbitrary benefits from that point on is clearly unfair.
If I choose to sign up for 40 hours a week of volunteer work on top of my normal work hours I don’t get to ask for additional time off benefits from my employer, even though my volunteer work is likely to benefit far more people than just my immediate family.