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> Having kids or not is a personal decision It is so, so very simple for a business to account for children among its workforce. Any staff aged under ~45 on yo
by austinjp 9y ago
> Having kids or not is a personal decision
It is so, so very simple for a business to account for children among its workforce. Any staff aged under ~45 on your books? Well, guess what? A percentage (look up your regional variation) are going to have kids, soon.
A business that refuses to financially support its staff through predicatble life changes is flagrantly abusing those staff. Even unpredictable life changes can be mitigated and supported.
A business that cannot afford to support these staff is failing, and again abusing the staff by shifting the blame onto them.
- austinjp 9y agoDownvoters, it would be useful to read your reasoning. People work for remuneration which reasonably exceeds their expenses. A predictable percentage of the population will have children. Children increase drain on financial and time resources. It's reasonable that people with children might look for work that offers reduced/compressed hours, or higher remuneration in order to manage increased financial/time costs. If your org does not offer these options, why not? Is it deliberately witholding employment from ~50% of the population? If your org cannot offer these options, why not? The figures are eminently predictable. Why are they not in the business plan?