Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19
Personally, I struggle with these feelings as well.<p>It seems nuts that someone working 50%+ less than someone else is going to keep all the same equity, vacation, and salary. Then again it seems nuts that they don&#x27;t.<p>All employees who had children or family members to care for before or after COVID get none of the same support. I don&#x27;t think backpay is coming for those who were forced to take leave or even quit their jobs when they had family they had to care for.<p>It isn&#x27;t &quot;unfair&quot; or something, parents with kids of certain ages have a much higher burden right now than most, and our society should support them.<p>That support won&#x27;t exist for anything exceptional, and for diseases like autism, alzheimer&#x27;s or cancer, we&#x27;ve normalized the experience and force individuals to just handle it. It&#x27;s hard to see how far some companies are willing to go for parents today, when I see how little we do for others.