'“A lot of this, I believe, is a hesitancy about the vaccine, and so that’s a separate issue than a religious exemption,” he said.'
Shouldn't that be the issue worth addressing then?
Shouldn't that be the issue worth addressing then?
I have a hesitancy about getting in a car crash on the way to work, does that mean my employer must allow me to work remotely so I don't have to commute?
I have a hesitancy about whether Kubernetes is the right strategy, does that mean my employer must allow me to keep using VPSes?
I have a hesitancy about the stability of the US dollar, does that mean I can demand to get paid in Euro?
Or, in all seriousness - I have a hesitancy about returning to work when we know that vaccines are imperfect, does that mean I can demand that all my coworkers wear N95 masks all day and must go outside to remove them (including to drink water)?
America is not a country where employees' neuroses are coddled when the business has a job to do. I know, and understand, that even my neurosis about covid transmission is a neurosis and is going to be met with "If you don't like it, you can quit." If you want to be hesitant about things, you can spend all day at home being as hesitant as you like.
When enough people quit, employee hesitancy matters. When remote work isn't allowed and people quit, remote work is suddenly allowed. When employers hinge on old tech that doesn't net any recruits, they invest in new tech. And when employees don't want to be paid in USD, they will be paid in whatever the prevailing currency is at the time.
> If you want to be hesitant about things, you can spend all day at home being as hesitant as you like.
This works if your job involves building websites and not healing sick people. If everyone at your local hospital went on strike, do we just let everyone there die because nobody wants to take care of them? Staff are stretched thin already, the system is already nearing collapse, having people quit at this point would further complicate the problem.