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So are you for giving more flexibility for people who don't necessarily need it, or for taking away flexibility from people who do?
They're advocating for equal treatment for equal pay. Having kids doesn't make you special.
They're advocating for taking away flexibility. I'm all for giving extra flexibility, but let's be honest, they just want others to not have it
Based on..?
Sorry I should clarify, where did you get the idea that they're advocating for taking away flexibility, and them not wanting others to have flexibility.
Or did you really just base it off just that?
Just following the conversation honestly. It seems that Zatore is advocating that parents shouldn't get any additional time off because having kids doesn't make them special.
Not at all what follows from that conversation. You're just assuming instead of clarifying or asking.
You lost the plot
How else would you read that conversation?
Choosing to not have kids doesn't make you special either.
This is just another way for the ruling class to pit each of us against the other so we're focused more on infighting than overthrowing the bourgeois.
Ya, of course choosing to not do something doesn't make you special.
Correct it's class warfare but bringing that up undercuts your first comment.
My first comment was simply a snarky reply to your original comment that having kids doesn't make you special.
You just had to get a dig into parents because reasons I guess.
Its called discussion. It's why we have comments at all. Sorry for critiquing your clearly shallow comment
Not sorry for calling out your unnecessary dig at fellow workers.
I didn't make a dig at workers
This is not a zero sum game.
If we're looking at existing staffing levels, then sure, giving some people flexibility would come at the cost of other people's flexibility. But that premise is exactly the problem here — it's fucked up that when people who aren't parents are in need of flexibility, their employers often say that it's not possible because staffing levels are too low. But this is a problem that arises because employers are cheapskates.