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If you’re explicit about it and your manager accepts it, that becomes part of the deal. Just as other people will take 2 hour lunch breaks every day to exercic
by makeitdouble 5y ago
If you’re explicit about it and your manager accepts it, that becomes part of the deal.
Just as other people will take 2 hour lunch breaks every day to exercice or leave early for months to go find a new home etc.
To your point, these arrangements usually go both ways, and are compensated for instance by starting earlier or bringing some work home. But it’s far from being limited to parents.
- torstenvl 5y ago> If you’re explicit about it and your manager accepts it, that becomes part of the deal. I'm confused. What authority do you have to say that something has become part of a social contract involving your coworkers when those same coworkers had no input on the process?
- barry-cotter 5y agoThat's how social contracts work. They're not explicitly negotiated formal agreements done by equals. They're the outcome of never ending negotiations that happen not daily or hourly but on a minute by minute basis. If you don't like the social contract of your workplace you quit and find a new one. If you don't like it but you have no good BATNA you grin and deal with the shit. A social contract is an accomodation with power.
- makeitdouble 5y agoYour manager’s authority. By definition they get to say what is part of the contract, on behalf of your coworkers. They can still complain after the fact, but will need to convince your manager(s) to reverse the decision. If your manager doesn’t have that authority you need to deal with HR or whoever had it, but by definition there will be someone holding that role in your company. Of course consulting coworkers on important arrangements makes thing go smoother, but it’s only consulting, the chain of authority doesn’t disappear.