Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
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Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#2“How do other countries do it?”
Well it’s not an employer deciding whether it’s done so organizations just deal with it. And yes it does give effects that last years and disrupt organizations three layers deep. But it happens to all organizations, so it’s not a competitive disadvantage.
Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#3I’m not surprised. This is so different to how workplaces are usually run in the US that organizations, or society even, has no institutional memory on how to deal with it.
In Sweden, where 400+ days of parental leave has been mandatory for years organization have adapted and learned patterns and ways to deal with people dissappearing for around a year.
It’s a shame the Gates Foundation didn’t research this better before diving in.
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Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#5“How do other countries do it?” Well it’s not an employer deciding whether it’s done so organizations just deal with it. And yes it does give effects that last years and disrupt organizations three layers deep. But it happens to all organizations, so it’s not a competitive disadvantage.
Except on a global scale.
Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#6I’m not surprised. This is so different to how workplaces are usually run in the US that organizations, or society even, has no institutional memory on how to deal with it. In Sweden, where 400+ days of parental leave has been mandatory for years organization have adapted and learned patterns and ways to deal with people dissappearing for around a year. It’s a shame the Gates Foundation didn’t research this better be…
People aren't easily replaceable...especially high talent individuals. It's also a big burden for an organization to pay for non-productive workers. And if someone has several children in a row...then what? What are the limits?
Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#7“How do other countries do it?” Well it’s not an employer deciding whether it’s done so organizations just deal with it. And yes it does give effects that last years and disrupt organizations three layers deep. But it happens to all organizations, so it’s not a competitive disadvantage.
Except on a global scale.
absolutely, I guess, but these sorts of things (like 40 hour work week) should probably be measured relatively.
Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#8To be somewhat fair this is still an amazing benefit: “It’s now capping parental leaves at six months and giving parents a taxable $20,000 stipend to defray the costs of childcare.”
In the context that they are doing this while few other American organizations do it, and not that many other countries do something this generous.
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#9As a parent, I would much rather take that year and use it to shorten my normal working week for as long as possible.
With 260 working days a year, you could work 4 days a week for the first five years of your child's life.
Re: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves
#10I’m not surprised. This is so different to how workplaces are usually run in the US that organizations, or society even, has no institutional memory on how to deal with it. In Sweden, where 400+ days of parental leave has been mandatory for years organization have adapted and learned patterns and ways to deal with people dissappearing for around a year. It’s a shame the Gates Foundation didn’t research this better be…
Are those 400+ days per parent or divvied up between the parents? I imagine that can have a big impact on how the leave affects companies.