This article seems to allege there is some kind of corporate culture or conspiracy leading to this breast milk incident, but I’m not connecting the dots. It seems like the main anecdote of milk missing isn’t conclusive - it isn’t known if it was just tossed or what. I know in many companies janitorial staff also cleans out fridges periodically - it could just be an accident. Many people I know have had their lunches or other things stolen or tossed out.
Many of the other complaints about not having a rocking chair that can lock at a certain angle, or about porous wood tables, or whatever honestly come off as entitled. People make do and make things work all over the world. Complaining about these things feels a bit of a stretch to me.
Finally, the bit about not getting certain project duties while lactating also feels a bit of a stretch. A company can make reasonable accommodations but if you can’t participate in the meetings and process required for work, then that can be a big detriment to the team, who have to all work around you and potentially make up for it with extra effort and time of their own. For important projects it can also be a big risk to the company. Having children is a voluntary choice and I am not sure why the rest of the employees and company have to subsidize that choice. This person still had a job and was paid, and they should be thankful for that.
First, the employees don't subsidize shit. If employees have to do extra work to accommodate a colleague who is on leave, whether that leave is due to vacation time, medical leave, parental leave, bereavement leave, or any other reason, the employees have to do extra work because the leadership of the organization has chosen to prioritize the bottom line over properly resourcing the team. That is not the fault of the individual who is on leave, or the employees who are doing extra work to make up for it.
Second, the company has to subsidize that because of hard fought labour rights legislation. Enough people thought it was important enough that they had strikes and participated in elections until the laws were changed. American labour rights in relation to time off and parental leave are among the most pathetic in developed or "1st world" countries. Employees should not be thankful to their employers for the rights they have, they should be thankful for the blood shed and work done by workers and labour activists that earned them those rights.
And just to be clear, I say this as a business owner, and an employee of another business. I choose to hustle for 60-80 hours a week because of the things I want to achieve. I don't, and shouldn't, have the right to grind others into the gears of my business because they don't want to.
Off topic, but don't you think you'd garner more support for the victim if you don't obscure the situation behind a overly complicated written headline?
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 29.8 ms ] threadThen I remember it’s the C-level that allows this in the first place, with HR to protect them from any accountability.
Many of the other complaints about not having a rocking chair that can lock at a certain angle, or about porous wood tables, or whatever honestly come off as entitled. People make do and make things work all over the world. Complaining about these things feels a bit of a stretch to me.
Finally, the bit about not getting certain project duties while lactating also feels a bit of a stretch. A company can make reasonable accommodations but if you can’t participate in the meetings and process required for work, then that can be a big detriment to the team, who have to all work around you and potentially make up for it with extra effort and time of their own. For important projects it can also be a big risk to the company. Having children is a voluntary choice and I am not sure why the rest of the employees and company have to subsidize that choice. This person still had a job and was paid, and they should be thankful for that.
Ok there you, banal and mainstream. We see you. Good job. clap
Because we live in a society. A society that values perpetuating itself more than it values "voluntary human extinction" bullshit.
Second, the company has to subsidize that because of hard fought labour rights legislation. Enough people thought it was important enough that they had strikes and participated in elections until the laws were changed. American labour rights in relation to time off and parental leave are among the most pathetic in developed or "1st world" countries. Employees should not be thankful to their employers for the rights they have, they should be thankful for the blood shed and work done by workers and labour activists that earned them those rights.
And just to be clear, I say this as a business owner, and an employee of another business. I choose to hustle for 60-80 hours a week because of the things I want to achieve. I don't, and shouldn't, have the right to grind others into the gears of my business because they don't want to.
"Lactating employee" - really?!