RE: RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other th read s)

[Samuel -dot- Beard -at- tdcj -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us]

<Lyn wrote:>
FWIW, while I agree with you that everyone has their own personal
situations
to consider in the work/life balance, I do have to point out that most
single parents I know (myself included), often put in far more than 40
hrs/wk, sometimes at multiple, lower-paying jobs.  I felt very fortunate to
be able to "get by" with a 55-65 hr/wk as an mid-level TW when I joined the
single-parent ranks.

<I respond:>
   That's the sort of thing I'm talking about. If you have to leave a
40-hour job and go to a part-time job, just to be able to make ends meet,
then being able to stay late isn't an option very often. And many single
parents have to do just that. Therefore, being devalued in some way,
whether it be on performance evaluations or laid off when that time comes,
simply because they don't work more than the required time simply isn't
fair. I worked a regular 40-hour TW job and a part-time job two nights a
week and a weekend day. As long as it wasn't on the weeknights I had to
work my PT job, I didn't mind staying late all that much when it was
needed. Matter of fact, there were also times I had to call in to my PT job
and say that I was either going to be late or not be able to come in at all
because I had a deadline that had to be done. I tried to keep that to a
minimum for a number of reasons for both jobs, as well as my own sanity.

Sam

Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer, Human Resources
Texas Department of Criminal Justice






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