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The point is --- there was no real need to even mention this on an FB post! the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately. I hate it w

The point is --- there was no real need to even mention this on an FB post! the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately. I hate it when top CEOs try to prove that love "work-life" balance when in reality once you reach the top, its always easy to do the "right thing" in any circumstance. If she would have been pregnant when he just started FB, then would have taken more than 2 days off?

droopybuns 11y ago
I don't think what you're saying reflects reality. Anyone who is responsible for making payroll is experiencing a kind of pressure that most people will never know. "United Continental Holdings Inc's (UAL.N) new chief executive has suffered a heart attack, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, barely a month after he took on the job of improving the airline's profitability and reputation." http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-unitedairlines-ceo-idUSKCN0SA29S20151016 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-unitedairlines-...
- glesica 11y ago
  Then quit and take a lower-stress job. Once you're at that point you can afford it (in fact most people in that position these days could just quit and reduce their living costs, maybe not even that). I think that's what GP was saying.
mvc 11y ago
If company executives behave like workaholics, it raises the pressure on everyone in the company to also be workaholics. IMO they have a duty to demonstrate work-life balance.
wpietri 11y ago
> the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately Nope. One, it is impossible for somebody of his prominence to take two months off work and not have it be noticed. And two, his point here isn't to take two months off. It's to signal to every one of his employees that it's ok. One of my current boss's best habits is going home on time. And occasionally he'll go home early when he's worn down and unproductive, saying, "Man, I'm not getting anything useful done; I'm going to go home now." Not only is this a smart thing for anybody to do, but it's great in a boss because it gives everybody implicit permission to do the same when necessary.
cperciva 11y ago
The point is --- there was no real need to even mention this on an FB post! the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately. He could have, but doing this publicly sets an example. There are a lot of companies where employees are officially allowed to take leave but in practice face disdain from their coworkers if they do; having the CEO publicly take such a leave helps to provide social license to everybody else in the company.
gaius 11y ago
Quite. Just like when the CEO of Yahoo banned working from home, and then had a fully equipped nursery built in the office next to her for the exclusive use of her kids and their full-time nanny.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  If I had worked at Yahoo I would have responded by bringing my kids to work. every bloody day. Really, that's rich.

droopybuns 11y ago

I don't think what you're saying reflects reality. Anyone who is responsible for making payroll is experiencing a kind of pressure that most people will never know. "United Continental Holdings Inc's (UAL.N) new chief executive has suffered a heart attack, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, barely a month after he took on the job of improving the airline's profitability and reputation." http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-unitedairlines-ceo-idUSKCN0SA29S20151016 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-unitedairlines-...

glesica 11y ago
Then quit and take a lower-stress job. Once you're at that point you can afford it (in fact most people in that position these days could just quit and reduce their living costs, maybe not even that). I think that's what GP was saying.

mvc 11y ago

If company executives behave like workaholics, it raises the pressure on everyone in the company to also be workaholics. IMO they have a duty to demonstrate work-life balance.

wpietri 11y ago

> the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately Nope. One, it is impossible for somebody of his prominence to take two months off work and not have it be noticed. And two, his point here isn't to take two months off. It's to signal to every one of his employees that it's ok. One of my current boss's best habits is going home on time. And occasionally he'll go home early when he's worn down and unproductive, saying, "Man, I'm not getting anything useful done; I'm going to go home now." Not only is this a smart thing for anybody to do, but it's great in a boss because it gives everybody implicit permission to do the same when necessary.

cperciva 11y ago

The point is --- there was no real need to even mention this on an FB post! the CEO is also an employee and he could have done this more privately. He could have, but doing this publicly sets an example. There are a lot of companies where employees are officially allowed to take leave but in practice face disdain from their coworkers if they do; having the CEO publicly take such a leave helps to provide social license to everybody else in the company.

gaius 11y ago

Quite. Just like when the CEO of Yahoo banned working from home, and then had a fully equipped nursery built in the office next to her for the exclusive use of her kids and their full-time nanny.

jacquesm 11y ago
If I had worked at Yahoo I would have responded by bringing my kids to work. every bloody day. Really, that's rich.