https://scottsantens.substack.com/p/a-pandemic-is-a-great-time-to-stop
"Unpaid care work is work. I want to make that clear first and foremost.
However, it’s also more than that. It’s a kind of work that can’t really
be measured like wage work. It’s not like informal care workers clock
in, work, take a break, work, clock out for lunch, clock in again, work
some more, take a break, and clock out until the next day. Care work can
be omnipresent.
Care work can be done even when nothing is actively being done. It’s
kind of like being on call. Sometimes other work can be done while on
call, while other times it can’t. You just have to be available at any
moment, and because of that, often other work just can’t be done at all.
Sometimes the care is of such high priority that no other work can even
be thought about, let alone attempted. Sometimes after the work is
actually over, at least temporarily, there can simply be no energy left
in the batteries, despite one’s time being technically available for
other work. A few hours of care work can be absolutely draining in a way
other work isn’t. Care work can be absolutely exhausting work,
physically and emotionally."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
