Earlier this year we established 16 week parental leave (all types of parents). For a small company like ours, this is not an easy decision, but I believe it wi

Earlier this year we established 16 week parental leave (all types of parents). For a small company like ours, this is not an easy decision, but I believe it will eventually pay off in the long run. I'm originally from Europe and moved to states as an adult. My home country Slovakia, has very generous parental leave (up to 3 years[0]). I always struggled with the "ruthlessness" of US policies around healthcare, parental leave, education, etc. I was very happy that the company finally matured enough that we could offer a parental leave without suffering the loss of a productive employee for an extended period. We also adopted other European practices, like guaranteed severance after 3 months of "test" period with guaranteed healthcare (COBRA) for 2 months. I honestly wish that these were a standard in this country, that this wouldn't be a differentiating factor for us, but I think we have quite long way to go. [0] https://www.globalization-partners.com/globalpedia/slovak-rep/ https://www.globalization-partners.com/globalpedia/slovak-re...