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But why? Aren't most of their employees going to still be making their salary anyways? What do they need the extra money for? The people in the economy that really need the money are not the people working at Facebook. I mean, congrats to Facebook employees, I just don't understand why.
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Because working from home with kids unable to leave house produces extra expenses for child care (switching from daycare to babysitter will be expensive) etc. If you do not do that, you need to cut hours, which reduce your income. What FB does here is to comfort their worried employees with some money, push the overall moral and mitigate some of the impacts ppl feel. You can replace babysitting with caregiving, being…
> If you do not do that, you need to cut hours, which reduce your income. Are Facebook employees paid by the hour?
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I'm confused on this. Are FB workers getting laid off? Scenario: 1 month ago, you're an FB employee, and working, and you pay a nanny. Today: you're an FB employee, and working, and you pay a nanny. How is FB giving the FB employee changing anything at all? There's something I'm missing in this.
Because people are going to have to keep paying for services they no longer get value from. Someone has to clean the house, watch and educate the kids, etc.
I suspect even if they're working from home, having a nanny/cleaner/etc at home isn't "no value" just "less value".
But I still don't know why - if this is the case - why people who are still employed/working full time, getting their regular paycheck, just working from home, would feel the need to stop whatever domestic services they had in place.
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I think the main reason I'm personally cynical about these types of 'good deeds' - whether it's Facebook giving $1K to their already well-paid employees or Bill Gates giving billions to charities - is that, in a perfect world, these ultra wealthy do-gooders probably shouldn't have so much fun money to give away in the first place. Our system should be much more balanced, where employees and researchers and charities…
> charities don't need trickle down handouts. How do you define a charity?
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Because working from home with kids unable to leave house produces extra expenses for child care (switching from daycare to babysitter will be expensive) etc. If you do not do that, you need to cut hours, which reduce your income. What FB does here is to comfort their worried employees with some money, push the overall moral and mitigate some of the impacts ppl feel. You can replace babysitting with caregiving, being…
In Bay Area, you’re no longer allowed to have a baby-sitter who doesn’t live with you while current covid-19 measures are in place.
> It’s not clear if Facebook will also give a bonus to contractors who are content moderators. Let me guess: it doesn't. Have Facebook contractors been given the right to work from home yet?
By definition, don't all contractors have to generally not work from an office? Otherwise it's very easy to deem them full-time employees and they are entitled to benefits. Not sure of Facebook's specific situation or what roles they are contracting, but I'd imagine most of them aren't at HQ.
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Is babysitting even legal with the shelter in place order?
Childcare is explicitly listed as an essential service :/
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Because working from home with kids unable to leave house produces extra expenses for child care (switching from daycare to babysitter will be expensive) etc. If you do not do that, you need to cut hours, which reduce your income. What FB does here is to comfort their worried employees with some money, push the overall moral and mitigate some of the impacts ppl feel. You can replace babysitting with caregiving, being…
In Bay Area, you’re no longer allowed to have a baby-sitter who doesn’t live with you while current covid-19 measures are in place.
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Because people are going to have to keep paying for services they no longer get value from. Someone has to clean the house, watch and educate the kids, etc.
because.... they're working from home? if that's the case, that was a piece of info I was missing. I suspect even if they're working from home, having a nanny/cleaner/etc at home isn't "no value" just "less value". But I still don't know why - if this is the case - why people who are still employed/working full time, getting their regular paycheck, just working from home, would feel the need to stop whatever domestic…
Because there's a pandemic going on and they don't want outside people in their house? Also, some of these services are now illegal in many cities including SF (Child/adult/senior care is still allowed. I'm assuming cleaners aren't.)
But why? Aren't most of their employees going to still be making their salary anyways? What do they need the extra money for? The people in the economy that really need the money are not the people working at Facebook. I mean, congrats to Facebook employees, I just don't understand why.
Not every FB employee is a highly paid software engineer who has savings to weather a multi-month public health crisis.