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This is a common set-up: two parents out of the house 10 hours a day, scrambling to provide care for their own children. We make it work because we have to.[/quote]
And what benefit is there to society in making more people have to deal with this?[/quote]

So your question (why should I have to suffer like you, essentially) comes across as a bit… privileged to those of us who do essential in-person jobs.

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Nice try. Answer the question. What benefit is there to society in making other people’s lives worse?[/quote]

You mean: What if we are all as self-serving as you?

Who is going to teach your children? Who is going to provide after-school activities and childcare for you? Who is going to be at the urgent care when you or your child get sick?

See, it’s really tiresome for those of us who work for the betterment of society (which often has to be done in person) to hear the woe-is-me from somebody who may have to experience a bit of what we do. It’s hard to feel sympathy when your argument is “well, you’re suffering, but thankfully I don’t have to!”[/quote]

No one is proposing to make YOUR life worse, while you are rejoicing in making our lives worse, and potentially hurts families and children the most.  What kind of poor upbringing have you had?[/quote]

I’m not rejoicing. Why would I bother to do that?

Just don’t “woe-is-me” about it. Consider your audience. When you have service workers who drive 45 minutes to their jobs (like me and many others), it’s really tiresome to hear people complain about RTO.

Want an example? Just look at your post. It’ll hurt YOUR family and children “the most.” Um… my long hours don’t affect MY family and children? I guess not as much as your RTO will hurt yours, huh?

So, what kind of poor upbringing have YOU had?[/quote]

You have the option of not coming to DCUM and not clicking on threads.  I also don't see a whole lot of moaning and wailing.  I see people being pissed that their working conditions are being altered for no good reason, that they are being demeaned just to further political divide, and trying to figure out how they make the change in conditions doable.  I see other threads about Amazon RTO where people are grappling with the same life upheavals generated by RTO.  [/quote]

If you merely comment on challenges, I get it. But there are comments on this thread that are actually insulting to those of us who work in person.

I like my job enough that I accept the fact I can’t WFH. But it is challenging to juggle childcare costs, commutes, etc. To read others on this thread who believe they are above the challenges the rest of us face? That they somehow deserve better? That’s hard to take. [/quote]

Wow you are weirdly sensitive to this.

None of us think we are “above” the challenges. We just aren’t happy about suddenly dealing with those challenges for no real reason beyond appeasing a group of billionaires.

If you chose a job that is not amenable to telework, then you presumably knew that going in. And you hopefully know it’s a matter of logistics that certain jobs cannot be done remotely while others can be. Along the way, you (hopefully) weighed the childcare and commute challenges against the income you receive, the other career opportunities you may have given up, how it fits in with your spouse’s job, where you bought a home, etc.

People in telework jobs made similar life assessments, and many of us gave up more pay specifically for the telework flexibility.

I’m not mad that some people who work in-person (such a healthcare professionals) made different choices. Many may make more money than I do as a non-supervisor level GS scale worker bee. Or they get to work shift schedules to manage childcare while I have to deal with core hours, etc. And I can understand how they would be upset if suddenly their work conditions were changed so that it made their lives much more difficult solely because of a rich person’s political whims.

I truly don’t understand why you think people who planned their lives around accepting a telework amenable job being upset about RTO is any sort of reflection on you and your career choices. [/quote]

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