My favorite bit of those saying we’re getting “free time off” is that they don’t understand sitting at home, some of us in a small 1br apt, with everything shut down, isn’t an enjoyable “free time off.” If anything, it’s more hectic and mentally taxing. Sure we’re glad to be getting paid, as we don’t have to worry so much about BASIC living, but as you’ve argued this entire time, it’s loss of income in a job we took that had potential for major financial promise.
Before we got sent home, we were tracking to get D1 at the end of this month. Was it guaranteed? Of course not, but neither is getting a second job during the pandemic to supplement the income. These guys telling us to shut up and enjoy the home life & not worry about the losses in potential earnings aren’t going to be super happy when they’re stuck with their annual being denied because they’re understaffed with CPCs. They’re thinking about the now and not looking down the road at all.