Congrats on your twins! I work for Google, and when my wife had twins last October, my team was extremely supportive when I took six weeks of paternity leave -

Congrats on your twins! I work for Google, and when my wife had twins last October, my team was extremely supportive when I took six weeks of paternity leave - they even threw me a little party and chipped in for an Amazon gift card for diapers etc. It was an entirely positive experience. A female coworker had a baby a week earlier and she was out from mid-September to early February. And she and I both applied for promotion that September, with the full support of our manager and her manager. I've since seen friends at Google have kids and take leave with absolutely no issues. It's awful that your wife had this experience - she should escalate it to her boss's boss. I don't think it's standard for Google.