Meta does and I’d assume other faangs as well
Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?
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Re: Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?
#22In Norway, the parental leave is managed by the state so it’s not up to the company. The state will pay your salary, up to a limit. Some companies will pay the difference. https://www.tekna.no/en/salary-and-negotiations/employment-l... Please note that you need to work during at least 6 of the last 10 months before the parental leave, which isn’t great. But you get 49 weeks of parental leave, which is great.
I'd risk a statement that the managed by state/law might be true for most of the world (except US).
Nice weasel word. So is it "most" of the world or just not the US?
Re: Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?
#23It’s not done because people like you would specifically join with the intention of claiming the salary and then running away.
There’s literally no reason you would need this except if your intention is to immediately claim the money.
Re: Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?
#24I know Bandwidth offers a reduced leave if you have under a year of tenure and Celonis offers full leave day 1, but I wondered if there were others.
Re: Ask HN: What companies offer maternity/paternity leave immediately?
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd risk a statement that the managed by state/law might be true for most of the world (except US).
I wonder why that is. Wouldn't it make sense for the whole society to support the woman in this special period so that she can stay with her newborn 4 or even maybe 5 months if she desires instead of forcing her to go back after 12 weeks? 12-week old baby is really small, they really need a mother. Not to mention the fact that the current recommendation for breastfeeding is 6 months - good luck doing it at work.
While the spirit of this sentiment is admirable, I think it's also very important to encourage men to take parental leave. Both for the benefit of actually bonding and spending time with their child, but also because it benefits the mother and ultimately family unit as a whole by setting the expectation that both parents will be equally active in childcare.
I don't know the specifics, but I think where I live some portion of parental leave days are allocated specifically to each parent and cannot be transferred. There is also shared parental leave where the days can be allocated as desired, but some are specifically earmarked for each individual parent.
Anecdotally, I've had many coworkers regardless of gender take from a few months to a year off to be with their children, and firmly believe it benefits society and the work environment as a whole for them to be able (and encouraged) to do that.