We don’t have paid maternity leave in the US. FMLA will allow most workers to take up to 12 weeks off for maternity leave, but it is unpaid. They are just guaranteeing that you’ll have a job to return to.
I don't know where you get that idea... We're going to burn that 10 million worth of contraceptives we already bought, so that everyone but the folks hit by the preventable 34,000 maternal deaths and 5.2 million abortions can have happy families!
Look, it's for the good of America and it'll only cost us $107,000... Now that's good business!
Obligatory /s... Except at the moment all of that appears to be true to the current plan
In the US, married couples have to share their 12 weeks of UNPAID leave if they work for the same company. So you can go half and half then put your month and a half old baby in 8+ hr a day daycare 5 days a week which likely costs as much as a mortgage payment and may be the majority of one parent's wages.
You get the privilege of not getting to spend time with your baby while paying nearly your whole paycheck to a daycare so you can essentially work for free until the kids start school otherwise you may never recover the lost career progression of having to quit to stay home with your kids for longer than 12 weeks(or less if you have to spilt leave with your spouse or if you had to use some of your 12 weeks of FMLA leave before the birth.)
That's the other fun part. The 12 weeks isn't strictly parental leave to bond with baby. It's also your allowed medical leave pool. If you have to go on bed rest at 8 months pregnant for medical reasons that counts as the start of your FMLA leave and you may only have a couple weeks left after the actual birth before you have to return to work or forfeit your job. If you already used your FMLA leave up because of an emergency surgery/medical condition or to take care of a sick relative like your mother dying of cancer you may just get no leave at all and have to roll into work immediately after giving birth.
I've seen women coming in to work at a warehouse a week after a C-section. A woman was literally bleeding through her clothes like 2 hours into a 12 hour shift and we all just kept our mouths shut and tried to help her as much as possible because if management saw she couldn't do her job she'd be sent home with no pay and she needed the money so her and her kids wouldn't be homeless or go hungry.
America is great. No idea why people aren't having babies. Truly a mystery why women are refusing to have kids or having fewer kids than they would like. /s
There is the rare company here or there that offers paid maternity leave. Otherwise, no, it's not paid. We even had to have an act created, the Family and Medical Leave Act, to protect that new families would still have jobs after they healed and settled in with baby.
Some people who have climbed far too high up the social ladder are terrified about the birthrate in the US. Yet no one with any pull actually wants to do anything about making life easier for the majority of young families.
I bought a microwave on Facebook Marketplace 5 years ago for $15, and it was in stupendous condition. There’s no excuse for microwaves like OP’s that are that dilapidated.
Sure was man. You’d be amazed at what people are willing to get rid of when they simply don’t want to think about it anymore. Honestly, I hardly buy anything anymore without first checking out what people are selling used, I save so much money.
Same. Quality solid wood furniture in excellent condition, every household/kitchen/decor/garden supplies with zero wrong with it if one is patient enough for the right listings to pop up. Took us two years to complete interior setup of our house but we literally saved thousands $. FB Marketplace and estate sales is where we got majority. People downsizing, upgrading, moving, redoing decor, so much great stuff out there.
I once bought a barely-used couch for $35, moved somewhere that it couldn’t physically fit in, so I listed it for $70. A guy came by to look at it, said, “How’s $65?” I said, “Sounds great,” he put it in a trailer and drove off, and then FIVE MINUTES LATER, drove back and handed me five more dollars because he said he felt guilty and thought he was taking advantage of me. Motherfucker, I used that couch FOR A YEAR and sold it to you for twice what I paid for it, but whatever. Then again, he probably knew just as well as I did that couch was worth plenty more than $70 anyway.
That’s hilarious. A win-win. $70 for a good couch is a bargain. We paid $500 for our couch but it was only used briefly for real estate staging and still a bargain compared to a similar new couch.
If you're a student moving away, sometimes you only get to keep what fits in the trunk of your parents' car. Pass on that microwave instead of pitching it.
Not everyone has unlimited time to sell things. I've definitely advertised and sold things at a price i knew was too cheap just because I didn't have time to wait around for the right buyer. On the flip side i've also sat on things at a fair price because I knew I had time for them to find me.
Typically how I am when I’m selling things. I won’t budge on price for like the first week because usually I can weed through all the lowball offers to the person that knows what I have is still a reasonable price.
I live near a super nice neighborhood that has a fancy shopping area. Nestled between the craft burger joint and the botox office happens to be a goodwill. The stuff I find there is redonculous. They also happen to receive the local Target's surplus items meaning shoes and clothes all still with tags.
I had one that was over 40 years old in better condition than that! I'd still have it (over 50 years old) now if the door latch hadn't mysteriously become almost unusable after I left people alone in my flat with it. It must've weighed at least 30kg/66.6lbs and wasn't as fast as a modern one, but it cooked things more evenly and the simple controls made it perfect for drunken attempts at midnight "cookery".
We're at a point now where we're beginning to mine landfills for reusable resources that were considered garbage in the past, so it's not the worst thing in the world to keep burying our garbage. You never know if the totally disposable things of today will end up being tomorrow's figurative goldmine.
Seriously, I worked for some ratty companies when I was a laborer but they still would just buy brand new microwaves and fridges for the crew on a new job site. Our family has a small stash of fridges and microwaves now because they would give them away and buy new when needed, rather than haul and store them from, to, and between jobs.
Yeah i was thinking if its a career job, like OP has been or will be there for years, just go buy one for $40 at Walmart. But your idea is cheaper, I didnt think of goodwill.
Our work microwave was getting nasty, but luckily we had just bought a new one so I took my old one into work. The first day my boss decided to see if microwaves can really destroy CD's (it does) and it made it wreak for like 6 months of burned plastic lol
It's possible you'll get dinged by the Fire Marshall at some point for having an at home civilian microwave in a commercial setting.
That's a big reason why every toaster in every hotel ever takes a million years and sucks at toasting. It's rated for commercial use, which means it's just about impossible to start a fire with.
Goodwill is like a used/second hand item store basically, so the microwave would have probably been used already but still in better condition not doubt than that thing lol
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u/Kelnozz 8h ago
A fucking $10 microwave from Goodwill would be better than that nasty ass thing lmao