> the fact that they tried left us with a bad taste. This is really one of the fundamental reasons that not taking care of mothers & fathers (and in fact: goin

> the fact that they tried left us with a bad taste. This is really one of the fundamental reasons that not taking care of mothers & fathers (and in fact: going after them) is just such a boneheaded move. It’s a statement of culture. Companies are full of mothers and fathers, and how you treat expectant mothers is a statement on your corporate values. If you need to put it into financial terms — which you shouldn’t — you will lose more value with a weaker talent pool and higher recruiting costs treating people poorly, than you will by doing the right thing.