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> I've worked hard jobs where I'm on my feet 9+ hours a day. So have I and in an industrial laundry no less—picture a big steaming hot and humid warehouse loading dirty shop rags and food service mats into giant washing vats. I can assure you that no point in time was I ever worried about the working conditions of the accounting clerks in the air conditioned offices in their comfortable chairs on their ass all day. F…
Right, and this is incredibly sad and pathetic. Sorry to say. You're bending over and appealing to the wants of the people who exploit you. Has it never occurred to you that it's beneficial to those who run industrial laundry to make you feel as though you cannot demand better? Because that's what you're saying here - "some people have it worse, therefore I should be grateful and never demand better" You understand s…
I wasn’t unhappy with my job at the time, I was happy to trade my labor in those conditions for the paycheck I was given. However, if the accountants that worked for the company expected me to support a need for them to work from home, because they felt that their working conditions were less than desirable, I could not understand or support that because—-and this is the important point here—-their working conditions were fine and appropriate for the job they were being asked to do.
I would also understand at that time that some other “worse” position than mine might consider my situation preferable. There were a lot of opportunities that I had that I didn’t take for the very reason being it would have been far worse. I also would not expect those folks to ever support a need for me that they found ridiculous.
But let’s face it, the relative differences between the conditions of say a sewer worker and an industrial launderer are really not as great in condition or pay. But there is a huge difference between a SWE working in a climate controlled office with a 6 figure salary, free drinks, and snacks and a sewer worker.
You want them to be supportive of an improved retirement plan, medical benefits…they can and will get behind you. You want them while they are knee deep in literal shit to get behind your desire to type on a laptop in your comfy living room on a recliner while in your pajamas—I wouldn’t hold your breath for them to grab a torch to burn down your CEO’s offices for that.