While I do agree that there could be a lot of peer pressure etc to not take parental leave, there are some interesting things with their policy which makes me t

While I do agree that there could be a lot of peer pressure etc to not take parental leave, there are some interesting things with their policy which makes me think it's great: 1. That it's fully paid alleviates the money discussion (between parents). 2. That it's a company policy means Etsy's management has fully embraced it (I assume). When government mandated, a manager can always mutter and mumble about it enough to give the parent feelings of guilt or at least uneasiness. 3. That it's not unlimited would at least make me more comfortable to take the whole 26 weeks. They had five weeks before, they could have chosen 10 or 18 weeks, nobody was really wringing their arm to decide on 26 weeks.