Mandatory paternity leave would help close the wage gap
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#3I've discussed this in the past. My company started offering 5 month paternity leave at the end of 2016. For a credit card company, this was huge. There had to have been a catch. I took the chance anyway, and got laid off. This isn't uncommon at the company either. I've heard of 3 females so far who also shared the same fate. All of thought it was illegal, but our individual lawyers pretty much summed it up in one sentence: "Sure, it may be... but you have to prove it was solely due to taking leave, and it's not worth it."
I think it wasn't worth it because of an arbitration clause or whatever, but I wasn't going to risk my time, money, and energy required when I just had a baby.
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#4Nothing like a little enforcement for the public good /s
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#5I've discussed this in the past. My company started offering 5 month paternity leave at the end of 2016. For a credit card company, this was huge. There had to have been a catch. I took the chance anyway, and got laid off. This isn't uncommon at the company either. I've heard of 3 females so far who also shared the same fate. All of thought it was illegal, but our individual lawyers pretty much summed it up in one se…
Calling out the company by name is the first step to effecting change. Nothing scares a brand like bad PR.
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#6Why do we want equality if it means pushing women away from the motherhood they choose?
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#7This seems really heavy handed. In my experience what’s valuable for men is flexibility, not some set number of weeks you have 100% off. I (as a father) went back to work at Fivetran 4 weeks after my son was born, but at 20 hours a week. That allowed me to help my partner during the initial recovery, but also be the primary parent (with daycare) from ~4-9 months when she returned to traveling for work in consulting.
Not doing any work 2 months in would have seemed wasteful, and being expected to go 100% at 7 months in would have been inconvenient for both of us.
Not everyone has access to this, but I feel really grateful that I did. It seems like the best arrangement possible, at least for us.
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#8I've discussed this in the past. My company started offering 5 month paternity leave at the end of 2016. For a credit card company, this was huge. There had to have been a catch. I took the chance anyway, and got laid off. This isn't uncommon at the company either. I've heard of 3 females so far who also shared the same fate. All of thought it was illegal, but our individual lawyers pretty much summed it up in one se…
Calling out the company by name is the first step to effecting change. Nothing scares a brand like bad PR.
And nothing scares me more than them sending their goons (lawyers). I'm still looking for a job 8 months later, so I don't want to deal with that.
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#9Good, I guess as someone who have no plan to have kids, it makes me more attractive to employer since they don't have to wory of paying me leave.
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#10Why do we want equality if it means pushing women away from the motherhood they choose?
How would this push any woman away from the choice to be a mother?
And why should someone who wants to be a mother and a careerist have to accept more career penalties than someone who wants to be a father and careerist?
And why should a woman who doesn't want children have to pay a penalty for the choices of those who do?