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> is that always reasonable? This is why remote-only work culture is so important for social justice in tech. Flexible working hours from home gives women the
by solatic 8y ago
> is that always reasonable?
This is why remote-only work culture is so important for social justice in tech. Flexible working hours from home gives women the freedom to work from their recovery beds, walk away from the computer to feed their newborns, be there to give their kids a snack and ask them how was school when they get home.
One of the best hiring strategies is to focus on workers whom the market is undervaluing, for whatever prejudice. Remote-only allows you to take the real career-related risks that pregnancy and motherhood imposes and completely mitigate them.
- mayniac 8y ago>This is why remote-only work culture is so important for social justice in tech. Flexible working hours from home gives women the freedom to work from their recovery beds, walk away from the computer to feed their newborns, be there to give their kids a snack and ask them how was school when they get home. Although I agree in principle, I can think of few things as horrifying as new mothers working from a hospital bed, it's practically dystopian. IMO the way of fixing the discrimination issue is equal maternity and paternity leave, along with increasing the amount of leave. If both parents are going to take the same time off then there's less of an issue.
- pimmen 8y agoShe doesn't have to work from the hospital bed if she has paid maternal leave. Even better if the father has paid paternal leave and can help when she's recovering. Being a Swede, it's just so unreal when I hear about how it is in the US.
- adrianN 8y agoGood luck doing anything resembling work when you're having a newborn at home and haven't sleep properly in weeks.