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I once worked with a guy who had 4 children in 5 years. He took a lot of parental leave, sick days and often slacked off early. As soon as the last baby was sta
by rb808 8y ago
I once worked with a guy who had 4 children in 5 years. He took a lot of parental leave, sick days and often slacked off early. As soon as the last baby was stable he quit for a new job. Companies and teams that are too generous get shafted.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoSounds like he's the sort of guy that would work the system no matter what - he could be an argument against sick days or flexible hours as well. There will always be people like that, but if the societal good outweighs the few bad apples, I'd argue that's a plus in general.
- cheesymuffin 8y agoYeah, it's really unfortunate when someone cares more about raising well-adjusted kids than the Company.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoThat's true. Not only is one person being bad not a strong argument for not endorsing something, but this person could be actually doing good for his family - caring for his kids or something, and just not sharing the information.
- mrmuagi 8y agoHow is having 0.8 kids/year over 5 years & shirking job responsibilities the spitting image of someone who is raising well-adjusted kids? If the person doesn't care about the company why should the company care about the person -- outside the legal obligations enforced by the government obviously... Maybe I am too cynical, and having >= 5 kids is the outlier.
- sveme 8y agoAnecdotes should not form the basis of lawmaking.
- AimForTheBushes 8y agoBut they should be taken into consideration.
- maaaats 8y agoIn most countries where parental leave is mandatory, it's the government that pays for it. So no issue then. (Some companies offer additional benefits, don't think it's that much misused or at least the good outweighs the bad since they still do it)