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I think this shows up in various ways. Watching a salaried worker come in late, stay home cause kids are sick, take off early because kids have dental appt, etc versus watching the low paid hourly worker under them go without pay to take care of all the same things because they aren't salaried, have no wfh ability, and are out of leave from using it so often sucks.
Thats not the argument though, its a 'with kids' versus 'without kids' comparison.
Youre right. It still seems relevant to me that even among the childed, there seem to be "levels" of whose kids are automatically privy to easier/better care. But yes...
I recall a coworker who drove truck getting hell for staying home with his wife when they had to put down their beloved dog. One guy scoffed and said it was ridiculous and he needed to man up and show up instead of using time off for a dog. I was floored. Seems like if youre high enough up, you can take a day off for anything and everyone just assumes it must be for a good enough reason...
This was my personal response to the argument the post posed. So I definitely align with you on your value statement, and that annecdote is just such a typical example of shithead behaviour.
But I probably don't agree as much on its obvious relevency, which of course it is, leading to it being incuded in the discussion. What I worry about is discussions like this thread jumping from link to link and in the process flattening the distinguishing features of different propositions.