My co-founder and I both believe strongly in worker rights, but now that we're actually employing people I'm realizing we have completely different ideas about what our responsibilities are as bosses versus what we can expect from our team. She thinks I'm being paternalistic when I worry about burnout, I think she's being exploitative when she talks about 'everyone stepping up.'
More people experience this than they realize.
Partners are learning that shared political values don't automatically translate to shared understanding of mutual obligations in positions of power.
“Where Are You with Responsibilities — the other side of rights?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.