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Government Declares National Daycare Closure Day – New Holiday to “Screw Over Parents” [Satire] (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by tattletaletimes to c/parenting

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In a surprising and controversial move, the government has introduced a new national holiday that has left parents in a frenzy and employers infuriated. The holiday, officially known as “National Daycare Closure Day,” has caused frustration among working parents across the country. This day is chosen randomly each year, without prior notice, and seems to serve no purpose other than to inconvenience parents.

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[–] Joep 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is too true

[–] kwebb990 8 points 1 year ago

my son's daycare is always f'ing closed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The terrible thing is that this has to be marked as satire, because I wouldn't put it past many officials to do oddball things that harm everyone but themselves. They have a good running history of it.

[–] Old_Dude 4 points 1 year ago

We're a month into school, and my kids have already had three days off (one actually holiday - Labor Day), and two half days (not including the one early dismissal day per week when they get out two hours earlier). Next week is conference week, so kids are out at 11:30 all week long.

[+] RaoulDook -7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Maybe people should be prepared to like, take care of their own kids? That's usually considered to be more important than one's job.

Call it a job stress test for employers. If your employer can't deal with you taking time away from the job to take care of your family, then it's not a good employer and should be better or the employees leave.

[–] jackoneill 12 points 1 year ago

Man I want to live in whatever country you do

[–] kwebb990 12 points 1 year ago

it's just a joke

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last week I had to keep home my kid from daycare last minute. I am in EU, I have significant protections. I called my boss and I stayed home with my kid, no problem. I can do this for up to three consecutive days without doctor’s notice, endlessly with doctor’s notice.

In US, during COVID second wave, a colleague of mine had a daughter that got Covid. Then both parents got Covid. When he called to tell HR he had to go to the ER, he still got told he had no sick leave, he had to show up at work (in person, with Covid, a sick wife and a sick kid). This was as a research fellow in one of US top universities, by the way.

Situations differ wildly, let’s try to not judge too quickly.

[–] PetDinosaurs 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This was as a research fellow in one of US top universities, by the way.

What do you mean by "research fellow"?

It is extremely hard for me to believe this. This is totally counter to my experience. Any salaried professional at my r1 research uni, even down to the lab assistant, can pretty much set their own schedule.

America has a lot of problems, but they are largely relegated to the shitty jobs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mean postdoctoral researcher with teaching duties. For the research part, I agree, but teaching was at a fixed time and in-person.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

maybe like 20 to 30 years ago when workers still had rights, but not this paycheck-to-paycheck decade buddy