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I’m taking paternity leave now and it’s so great and rewarding. As the article mentions, caring for a child is a skill that needs to be learned over multiple we
by rp1 5y ago
I’m taking paternity leave now and it’s so great and rewarding. As the article mentions, caring for a child is a skill that needs to be learned over multiple weeks. It also takes a while for a baby to be comfortable with a new caregiver. If a man doesn’t take that time, then it’s really unfair to the mother who now has so much more responsibility on their shoulders. It’s sad to me that the push for profit in so many industries has driven margins so low that companies can’t survive if workers take leave. I guess that’s ruthless capitalism for you.
- listenallyall 5y agoIt's not the "push for profits" that reduces margins, it's normal competition. If an industry is making someone rich, other people will notice and jump in. Some industries, like airlines or chip making have high barriers to entry and can keep a lot of competitive threats at bay. Catering, which the interviewee works in, essentially has zero barriers, further, because it is labor intensive, most catering companies are quite small and restricted to a local area. Hard to tell these caterers (perhaps the original "gig economy" jobs) that they need to continue paying people who aren't available for catering jobs, regardless of circumstances.