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==I’d be guaranteed to not get hired.== Flat out false. My wife got a new job while 7 months pregnant. When she had the baby, she took 8 weeks off, I start my

• pnutjam 8y ago
  I had a coworker do that and it worked out great. I always avoid talking about my kid other then to acknowledge I have kids.
  • moorhosj 8y ago
    It is really a stratified world in that regard and I am lucky. My employer (large, non-US based tech company) not only offers paternity leave, but actively encourages it's use. Sadly, even a lot of workplaces that "offer" this type of benefit have a culture where it hurts your career to use it. Meanwhile, the rest of the developed world gets along just fine with universal leave.
• poulsbohemian 8y ago
  You should publicly name both of your employers as that is rare and noteworthy.
• zdragnar 8y ago
  Same happened at the first company I worked full time at... Woman came in for her interview, 7 months pregnant, and was hired. She was a great hire for the company, and stayed about as long as I did (6 or 7 years)... We definitely would have been worse off if we were short-sighted enough to not hire her just because of that.