this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
943 points (99.2% liked)

Work Reform

16505 readers
259 users here now

A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

Our Goals

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] speaksintv@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For daycare at least, ours and most others in our city got bought out by one company. Even daycares no explicitly renamed after the company fall under its umbrella.

They raise rates 8% per year and added two new annual fees. Yet they struggle with teacher retention because they don't pay them hardly anything but charged us $3k/monthf or two kids full time.

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit that's too much. You could basically hire someone from a foreign country to live in your house full time and nanny your kids for that much.

[–] speaksintv@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I agree. Unfortunately my wife works in a job that requires time to vest retirement benefits and she didn’t want to miss out on 8 years time. I mean, she also makes more than the cost of daycare but it does eat up most of her check.