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I wonder if this discrimination is exacerbated in silicon valley where job tenures are so short and perks are so good. If on average, you keep employees for two
by imh 8y ago
I wonder if this discrimination is exacerbated in silicon valley where job tenures are so short and perks are so good. If on average, you keep employees for two years and offer 6-12 month parental leave, then an employee who uses it gets paid for two years while actively working for 12-18 months. That's 30-100% higher cost to you the employer per month of active output from the employee. The shorter the tenures and the longer the leave, the higher this extra cost.
As a society, it seems like a no brainer to want to allow new parents to spend lots of time with their kids, but it does incur a way higher cost to the employer, many of whom can't afford to pay employees 30-100% more. The most immediate answer seems to be to make society pay and not the employer. Something like a government funded regional cost-of-living adjusted stipend, or a capped wage matching?
- MattLaroche 8y agoI just switched jobs in San Francisco, and part of my search was parental leave. I did not see any companies in the 6-12 month paid parental leave range. 6-20 weeks is the range I saw. Twitter at 20, Square (and I think Facebook) at 16, Google at 12, and most at 6. I'm totally onboard with it being government funded instead of employer funded. I think tying it to salary (and what people pay in) makes sense, as many people are less likely to take it if it's significantly under their normal income.
- paxys 8y agoNetflix gives 12 months for maternity/paternity.
- MattLaroche 8y agoThanks! I didn't check them out because I wasn't interested in leaving the city (and only included FB because I'd heard theirs was good).