Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid off workers

Re:Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid ... by lenkite on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:13AM (#35207209)

And that is your free choice. I am sure they were many employers in the days after the union movement who decided not to hire because they believed in making employees work 20 hours a day and they were afraid of retribution if they pushed the line. And that is fine - these folks would have lost out business to other employers who appeased the "mob" as you call it. There is only so much a single person can scale out to, after all. Other employers will fill the vacuum.

It is interesting you haven't responded to the guy who believes in profit at all costs. If you truly believe that, then yes, its best not to hire people.

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Re:Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid ... by Kiro on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:22AM (#35207277)

Responded to who? I don't believe that and I also don't plan to treat any employee badly. My point is that it doesn't matter. Once your proposed civil war happens I will automatically be the bourgeoisie class that needs to be crushed, tortured and killed.

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Re:Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid ... by lenkite on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:34AM (#35207329)

> Responded to who?

The guy with a throwaway account who supports Google's policy. You have responded to his objectors several times but not to him which indirectly states where you actually stand.

A civil disobedience movement becomes utterly necessary when employers cross the line of human dignity again and again. It is in everyone's interest to make sure that doesn't degrade to a civil war of-course. It will not just be the bourgeoisie class that is effected here. I will correct my post.

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Re:Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid ... by throwaway45501 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:41AM (#35207613)

I do not support Google's policy. I view USA's labor laws as barbaric. In EU paid leave and paid maternity leave is standard, nobody even view them as extra benefits.

I just don't understand why very intelligent people are surprised by all of this, and why they expect to never be laid-off.

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Re:Google nixes paying maternity and medical leave for laid ... by earthling8118 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @10:11AM (#35209271)

Perhaps both you and the strawman you are lugging around in this comment chain deserve to go then? If you're really at fear for this I think it indicates that

1. You're in the wrong line of work 2. Maybe you aren't treating employees right and realize it

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