Just a little (link) love: pizza groundhog edition
April 16, 2020
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What can we do in 2020?
Current total: Lakota, $640.74; Rural libraries, $321.62.
Ali and Alison are making plans within plans within plans as they face the ever-shifting circumstances of COVID-19 as nomads. I appreciate this level of planning.
Hmong conference radio, a fascinating look into how Hmong preserve connections.
It looks like the lack of people at the zoo is making some animals sad!
I find it rather monstrous when people insist that our values should be primarily about the money and getting businesses “back to normal” because “some people are going to die anyway”. And it definitely seems like this contrarian is cherry-picking data to suit his goals.
How To Enjoy Working From Home During A Pandemic (A Parody): Don’t think I haven’t been tempted by #1.
As a parent and a manager, I’ve had this question on my mind: how can we make sure flexibility for parents isn’t unfair to everyone else? My solution boils down to: no matter what kind of flexibility you need, you get it. If it’s kid related, you’re fine. If it’s family related, you’re fine. If you need time to hunt and gather, you’re fine. I don’t care why specifically my team may need the flexibility because it doesn’t matter. PANDEMIC. They’re all doing their work to the best of their abilities, and when they need something, they get it. Some will need more, some will need less. It shouldn’t matter if it’s not exactly the same as long as everyone gets what they need, when they need it, the way they need it. No one is asked to cover for anyone else unless it’s truly necessary and if it is, we share out the work as much as possible so no one person is impacted. Because that’s the point of fairness. Right?
I hope none of my readers experience job loss during this terrible time, but if you do, or if you don’t feel prepared for a recession, One Frugal Girl’s post is a good primer for what to do.
Pizza groundhog
Move over, pizza rat. 🍕 A Philadelphia woman found a groundhog outside of her home munching on a piece of pizza for over an hour, completely unfazed by her two dogs. https://t.co/gEmBJydTQ4 pic.twitter.com/T0730yXPbt
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 15, 2020
Being an empty nester now (though my youngest is back home doing college remotely), I don’t have to worry about the work/ family juggle anymore, but agree 100% that flexibility should be for everyone, not just parents. The parents will appreciate that too so they don’t feel singled out and this will help minimize the stereotype that working moms aren’t willing to step up into larger roles.
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I think both parties would feel singled out: parents for needing accommodations and non-parents for having to pick up the “slack” without getting equal accommodations. This any-reason policy lets me make it fairer.
Thanks for the link love. I wish I was writing about happier money topics these days. I hope that the ramifications of COVID-19 won’t be long lasting and that all of our preparations will be unnecessary.
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You’re welcome! I know, I’ve been writing about recession preparation for two years though, so obviously I think it’s very important. I echo your hope.
I agree that everyone should get the flexibility they need, for whatever reasons they need it. I do worry that some companies aren’t equipped to offer this, because our economy… is not set up for this. But, a new normal needs to emerge. I still struggle mentally because so many on my team are “business as usual”, so even if the flexibility is offered, I’m clearly under performing compared to some teammates who are more able to carry their part of the load.
I think it’s strange that some people are business as usual. We have those folks in all our companies, but at least in my particular group, I can keep the flexibility needs between me and the individual and it’s not generally an issue where they’d have to worry about it reflecting on them.