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

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by nickff on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @07:04PM (#24414667)

The comment I replied to said that parenthood was like military service or jury duty, whose residual benefits accrue equally to the entire populace, and I was simply pointing out that parenthood was different.

Non-parents get many benefits from children, but the parents get far more. To be clear, I think many of the arguments for subsidizing the rearing of children are coherent, such as arguments in favor of public schooling and healthcare (on the basis that the children are the primary beneficiaries), but I think those arguments do not apply to the parents' workplace.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by Tagbert on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:12PM (#24416591)

Yes, parent accrue more benefits from their children than do non-parents, but their investment is significantly higher than the minor difference in time off that you may see.

Regardless of any direct benefit to me, I am willing to accept parents getting some small benefits that I will not as a childless person as an overall investment in society as a whole.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by nickff on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:26PM (#24416702)

I don't think anyone here wants to prevent you from helping parents; the question is whether the case for 'societal investment' is clear and convincing enough to justify forcing everyone else to share the burden.

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