Yes. And I've worked some really shitty ones lately thanks to the corona virus. I'm writing something radical for a reason. That's not lost on me. I'm telling you though, there are more businesses that could organize like this successfully than you realize. There are places that do organize like this currently, particularly a lot of software companies. To name one the motley fool. They are, in their own words, responsibility based. I'm just suggesting that more places could manage it than realize.
The motley fool is an open door office. Technically they aren't right now because of the virus. Right now they are a closed door office and people are working from home. But normally people there set their own hours. For companies that need to apply more guidance there are tools for that besides hell or high water dictation.
In the case of meat plants they may have to, because that would enable them to open plants that otherwise would be closed (or face lawsuits). All I'm saying is as a company you say if you don't want to work during corona virus you will not be fired. They have more workers than they need right now anyway. They are laying people off. If some people decide by themselves to take a month off (there call) then that's still a better situation than shutting down a plant and not employing workers who do want to work.
There are places that do organize like this currently, particularly a lot of software companies.
Oh boy. I work in software. This could not be further from the truth.
I definitely agree with you that things are fucked up, but radical solutions are not what's needed to solve society's ills, and often come with a whole host of unexpected problems. Capitalism is really good at one thing, keeping people honest. By honest I mean honest exchange of value. The problems in our system is twofold; one, we subsidize risk for whole industries, second we don't have a "social" system of community that binds us together. For all its problems, church has always been really good about fostering social connections. Getting a proper community and social safety net is a priority that we should be looking to combine with capitalism, not replace.
I'm telling you, the motley fool does it. It works. There are places that are very understanding of leave and are relatively open but don't have that policy formally, but are essentially doing it. Google is experimenting with it.
https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/its-time-to-structure-flexibility/
As much as what I'm saying sounds crazy, I'm not the first person to think about this, or implement it, for a reason. Just go on indeed and look up flexible-schedule. You will surely get some results. It's already a thing. I'm saying do more of it to the point that it changes culture.
You can't be serious. Have you never worked a job before?