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

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by dclowd9901 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:33AM (#24418729)

While I think your argument is specious at best, your point is salient. I‘m a parent and have several co workers who do not have children, and I push them —- have to push them —- to take time off. I think there’s a lot going on here:

* parents need more time to care for their kids

* parents feel guilty for the time off they’re taking

* non parent workers might feel some resentment, but probably not overtly

* non parent workers probably feel like they need to pick up the slack

Let’s be real here: very few of us are doing anything of actual consequence. Your job is not important. Your job is not you and you are not your job. Take as much time as you need, and if your company or your boss doesn’t get it, leave. I’ll fucking hire you.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by nicbou on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:52AM (#24419994)

I wrote the parent comment to flesh out my own thoughts. As I wrote it, I kept wanting to write what you put in the last paragraph.

In reality, none of us work 8 hours a day, and if someone slacks off, we'll push the deadline and go home.

In real reality, I'm self-employed and none of this matters. I just found that it was something interesting to discuss.

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