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I've never come in on one of my days off. I'm talking about getting PTO approved and having to argue about it while someone is getting preference because they should be allowed to spend time with their family or some shit.
The responsibility to have work coverage is on your employer, not your coworkers.
Yeah, that's why we get fired for not showing up when we're scheduled.
Why are you being a shill for capitalism?
Because I understand how things work in the real world I guess?
You're advocating for all parents to be fired from their jobs because they have children.
You still think you know how things work in the real world?
I didn't say that anywhere. I said they shouldn't get preferential treatment and they should plan accordingly to work the shifts they are scheduled for or face the consequences. Same as childless people do. Are you saying every parent is incapable of that?
Every person is incapable of never needing a day off of work.
No matter how hard you want to blame parents for your misfortunes, the work balance is ultimately the responsibility of your employer.
You will never rid the world of children and parents.
And we take the hit when we have an unscheduled day off. That's how being employed works. Forcing childless people to have more unscheduled days off because parents get priority on scheduling PTO is unfair to those without kids.
But it isn't parents fault that your employer is being unfair to you. Your employer could just as easily staff more people and allow as much time off for childless people as parents.
But you're not yelling about employers, you're yelling about how parents shouldn't have children.
Yeah. Employers aren't going to change. If everyone wants to mob up and try to force them to I'm all for it. But for now the reality of the situation is childless people are getting shafted worse than parents because the parents demand special treatment.
People aren't going to stop having kids either.
It's much more feasible to force our employers to give us more workers rights than to keep people from procreating.
Putting words in my mouth again. Never asked people to stop having kids.
If it's so feasible to force employers to change fucking do it then.
When people have kids, they need time off. Period. That's not changing.
Continue to wallow in your hatred of your fellow worker. You're such a good capitalist. I bet your boss will totally notice and give you all the time off you want.
Didn't ask for them not to get time off. Said they should get the same priority as everyone else. Read better.
No, you advocated that they be fired if they can't show up to their shifts because they are caring for their children.
The overlords aren't going to notice you shilling for them to treat everyone terribly. Why do you do this?
That's what happens to everyone else that doesn't show up to their shifts because parents took all the PTO slots. Why do you hate the childless? Some people can't have kids you know.
I don't hate the childless - I hate the idea that PTO is a zero sum game and we must fight fellow workers for scraps of dignity and time off from our employers.
I want everyone to have as much time as they need to take care of themselves and their families - no matter how that family is made up.
You're over here throwing a tantrum that people get more time off than you when you could be blaming the employers that control that shit. But no, you want to drag parents down with you like a crab in a bucket.