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submitted 6 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Wouldn't this be the workers asking for an equal number of cookies regardless of if they have children? Sounds to me like saying everyone should get more flexibility.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I read it more like immigrants being helped to integrate into the host country. Extra help is sometimes granted where it is necessary

    This post is crying about parents getting extra flexibility instead of the actual issue of capitalists exploiting workers to the limit

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    "Employees without children deserve the exact same treatment and flexibility as those with children" sounds to me very much like its saying the flexibility should be for everyone.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    And I think if childless people were saying my grandmother has a fever and her ALF won't keep her today because of it, they'd be allowed the exact same remote allowances that a parent in their office is afforded. But if a childless person wants the same number of hours regardless of why, that's not the same flexibility.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Thare are too many different forms of employment to list every possible situation, but a simple example is flexitime being available to everyone and not just parents.

    Also if you don't currently have benefits like that would you expect to get them when you have kids? Not having them might impact planning choices.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Ask for what you need instead of what I have.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Everyone benefits from more flexibility

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Not everyone has the same needs.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If everyone has the same flexibility there will be conflucts and someone will have to sacrifice. Whos sacrifice is less affective those with kids or those without

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    People sometimes have to go without time off anyway, regardless of kids. If I book time off work to go away and its already approved, someone with kids doesn't get to take that time instead of me.

    Plus my partner is a teacher so we are even more restricted to school term times than the kids are. At least some kids just go on holiday during term time anyway.

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