Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by RHSeeger on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:46PM (#24413861)

I have a hard time agreeing with this. Cooking things like hot dogs, dogs and beans, pasta and meat sauce, etc... that's relatively simple for anyone. And it can be done for the time being until they figure out how to cook better things; things that will make them happy. The ability to ease your way into cooking for one's self should make it relatively trivial.

Honestly, compared to figuring out how to work from home without losing 50% of your productivity (for someone that wasn't already setup for it), the food part seems easy.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by yazaddaruvala on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:43AM (#24419193)

By the time I was 14, my brother would have been 10, my mom just bought us the right ingredients and frozen foods and we managed to make ourselves 80% of our meals.

This is over 15 years ago, and there was no pandemic going on. It was worthwhile even then and helped me be better prepared for moving out of my parents house.

FWIW, my brother and sister who were both younger than me when we started preparing food are significantly better and healthier cooks than me today. So starting to cook earlier, as long as it is safe, has only helped.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by nicbou on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:58PM (#24414013)

I just remember what cooking was like when I moved out of my parents' house. It was daunting at first.

Just to be clear, I was just adding to the conversation. I agree with you that the transition won't tank your productivity and make you a nervous wreck.

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