3 ms·
I’m reading the comments here and I’m flabbergasted. My work offered me one week of paternity leave. That was it. My child was born several weeks early and I ca
by sircastor 5y ago
I’m reading the comments here and I’m flabbergasted. My work offered me one week of paternity leave. That was it. My child was born several weeks early and I can’t comprehend who came up with 5 days and thought “what a great benefit”
- wongarsu 5y ago5 days sounds more like someone thought "what's the absolute minimum we can get away with without making them quit"
- sfgweilr4f 5y agoNot to put too fine a point on it: an idiot. As per the definition: a foolish or stupid person. Imagine if you will, a society that didn't want to go extinct. A society that had discovered that birth rates were falling and that paternity leave was just one of many straightforward government sanctioned initiatives that could tip the balance. Now imagine an individual or group that thought 5 days was enough. Yeah. About that.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- hellbannedguy 5y agoWhat country?
- liberalbias998 5y agoThis has changed a lot over recent decades (in the UK.) My eldest son is nearly 30. When we were expecting him, his mother was suddenly `managed out` of her job in IT working on GCOS7 systems; no problems whatsoever until she was pregnant. When I told my boss (again in IT) I needed to plan in a weeks annual leave, he was clear that he was pissed off and fed up about it, because we were busy doing some technology transition. Three decades later; I cheerfully cover for colleagues taking a couple of weeks of extra paid paternity leave. My own archaic view about paternity leave is that it is designed for female equality; which I believe is a good thing.
- bregma 5y agoNo doubt someone whose mommy told him that was the just the way things are.
- aweiland 5y agoI took 3 weeks with my first, 2 weeks with my second. All PTO. Took me a while to dig out of those holes.