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While I can relate to your logic, I wonder: Since men are increasingly considering taking maternity leave as well, wouldn't it be a good alternative to focus on
by woodpanel 8y ago
While I can relate to your logic, I wonder: Since men are increasingly considering taking maternity leave as well, wouldn't it be a good alternative to focus on people older than say 40? What would keep you from hiring them?
- GordonS 8y agoNot trying to be a dick, but for info, male 'baby leave' is called "paternity leave"
- woodpanel 8y agono offense taken, I'll claim the always forgivable "not-a-native -peaker" ;-)
- p1esk 8y agopeople older than say 40? What would keep you from hiring them? They are expensive :)
- woodpanel 8y agoIs it really that? I've come to think that it's rather the expectation that they are expensive. It is expected by employers as well as the old employees themselves, so if they would demand a lower than expected wage it would come across as fishy (did he serve time? an underachiever?). Another thing might be that with experience comes less naiveness. As you become more resilient against corporate BS you become equally unformable (as in "Thanks, but no 'chakka' for me please").
- bluecalm 8y agoYeah it makes sense. My friend is doing it, hiring mainly 50+ yrs old women (in his profession there are way more job seeking women than men in the first place). It works great for him as he gets great work place atmosphere and not that much usual office politics.