"Give parents at work a passport to help them work flexibly" January 11, 2013 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,440 |
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This kind of scheme could well be divisive. Parents who jump up waving their passport whenever times get tough are never going to be popular. But the fact is that no one is winning in the current, ossified set of arrangements. Stressed parents make poor workers. Stressed parent bosses, in particular, can make the worst managers. Only by making parent roles visible and part of an ongoing conversation about how people work best will we ever get closer to a practical, maybe even enjoyable, compromise.
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There are some bloody miserable people in the world. Having a child is a perfectly natural thing to want to do, and it's important that a substantial number of our workforce become parents. Yes, it's annoying to non-parents that parents get special treatment, but get over it.
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I've had major issues with depression in the past. To the point I've been hospitalized. Sometimes life, and in particular work stress, causes major problems for me. I would like a damn "passport" to take care of my damn self sometimes. I am not squatting out any dependants because I know that would be the kiss of death for my mental health. So, honestly parents, fuck you sideways with a hockey stick. If I have to show up and do my damn job in the midst of a suicidal haze then you can miss Jimmy's fucking soccer practice and do the same.
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At my job, they dont fuck with that shit at all. One time this extremely pregnant Moo showed up and asked my manager for an application. I had to withhold my snarky comments due to her filthy ass "Save the Trees" t-shirt stretch over her nasty bloated gut. Oh yeah! Because squirting one out will accomplish the goal of less resource depletion.. but I digress. The moment that piggo handed the application to my manager and she waddled out the door.. He immediately turned around and threw her application directly in the trash. My respect for him grew 3 sizes that day..
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The problem though is when they become inpig AFTER they are hired. Then, you can't fire them without EXCELLENT cause, totally unrelated to their inpigness in any way, without risking a lawsuit.:headbrick
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And this is how some employers avoid hiring women of calving age.
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And this is how some employers avoid hiring women of calving age.
It sucks, but it is true. The reason why (in my mind) they do this is because they know the drill already. You hire a woman into a 40-hour a week position with full benefits and what does she do? She gets knocked up, repeatedly. If she takes her full three months off, then she is only working 75% of the year. Add to that the fact that these cows use the "come in late, leave early, take lots of time off for sickness" thing, which I've noticed corresponds to them working an average of 30 hours per week.* That has them working 75% of the time in any given work week. And then they yell about "equality" in the workplace, equal pay, and whatnot. Ummm... YOU'RE not even putting in the EQUAL amount of work you damn cows!!!
*I've actually tracked a couple of my co-workers from a few jobs and came to the realization that they NEVER once put in a full 40 hours in ANY WEEK!! If a man did that, he would probably be fired.