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Re:Changing jobs during the Great Resignation by sillysaurusx on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:10AM (#30966125)
My wife works at a YC co that recently closed their series A.

It’s weird to me that you view it as “asking permission” and not “chatting about a thing before committing to it.”

You’re not alone in this thread. It feels like most men here view it through the lens of permission.

I don’t get it.

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Re:Changing jobs during the Great Resignation by tonyedgecombe on Saturday April 09, 2022 @07:07AM (#30967000)
It does sound very transactional. If you need to negotiate your time like that then something has gone wrong.
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Re:Changing jobs during the Great Resignation by lostcolony on Saturday April 09, 2022 @10:09AM (#30968210)
Does it though? "we both agreed it would be perfectly reasonable for me to ask for 30 minutes of additional “me time”"

So..."Hey, I wanna do this thing. It'll mean cutting down on our time together/require more help from you in watching the kid(s), but it has the potential of increasing how much I bring home by (X)" "Huh, yeah, that makes sense. Okay"

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Re:Changing jobs during the Great Resignation by Zababa on Saturday April 09, 2022 @10:13AM (#30968240)
Not really. Let's say you're sharing chores. It would make sense to ask if your partner is okay with doing a bit more chores while you prepare for a better paying job.
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