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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know, there are quotes and thoughts on this and I’ll try to find them.

If we all think we aren’t doing enough, getting therapy, throwing money at problems, and still behind, the problem is not US. It’s the SYSTEM.

We are caught in an antiquated post industrialist capitalist system that exploits workers. Of course we are not okay. [/quote]

It took four pages for someone to state the obvious. It is crazy to me that someone would lose their job for taking reasonable, earned,  time off. People are not machines. We don’t exist for the sole purpose of sustaining corporations. It is the responsibility of employers to build these kinds of delays into their projects, to hire enough workers to cover leaves and to make contingency plans. Other western countries are civilized enough to consider sick leave a basic human need. [/quote]

I'm a PP that told the OP she needs to get her shit together.

I'm a big proponent of systemic change and shifts to the (relatively far) left.  That's not the issue here.  OP isn't sleeping, is missing 40% of her work hours, napping on the floor of her office.  All while she has hundreds of hours of leave banked.  That's not a system issue - it's a her issue.  She needs to step back, assess what's wrong, and take the time to fix it before getting back in the game.

The system is actually working here.  She hasn't been fired and she has months worth of leave banked should she choose to use it.  She's just failing to make use of the support available to her.[/quote]

This. OP's issues aren't about capitalism. It's also not about her and her kids being sick too much.  It's about her having a mental health breakdown, and needing to figure out how within the system she heals herself. [/quote]

The system does not allow for people to heal themselves from burn out. Many employers provide time off and a bunch of platitudes about mental health when it’s theoretical, but god forbid you actually use the resources. OP is worried about losing her job because she intuitively understands how things actually work.

In fact the system is so rotten that the President of the US halts a strike to prevent rail workers from obtaining a basic human right, sick days. [/quote]

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