> With the caveat of: in the work culture here in the US That's the point, though. The work culture in the US is actively hostile towards employees. Sick days

> With the caveat of: in the work culture here in the US That's the point, though. The work culture in the US is actively hostile towards employees. Sick days usually seem to count towards your vacation days and expecting mothers and young parents barely get any additional time off. As a counter-example, some businesses outside the US have "part-time" CEOs, sometimes with two people sharing the position if a full-time position is unavoidable. This is why I said that "egalitarian" policies make the world a nicer place: a lot of policies necessary to make work culture more egalitarian also improve work culture for everyone else too, like reducing the number of working hours and increasing social welfare (i.e. paid time off for parents, actual paid medical leave instead of "sick days", etc).