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One way to address this is to have roles filled by secondment. That way the same position (on the same team) re-opens for the parent when they return. Additiona
by m4x 5y ago
One way to address this is to have roles filled by secondment. That way the same position (on the same team) re-opens for the parent when they return. Additionally, the person who fills the secondment (and is usually a more junior member of the company) gets an opportunity to train for a more senior role and usually ends up as a top choice when that team needs to hire.
In my experience teams are usually continually hiring, so the person on secondment can often go straight into a permanent role on the team when the parent returns.
- nextlevelwizard 5y agoThats not really fair for new people. Think how it feels to get into a team, then just as you start to be productive member some guy you've never even heard of comes back from paternity leave and you are bounched to another team that might be doing something completely different.
- m4x 5y agoIf you're on secondment you made an agreement to fill a role for a specific purpose and period of time. You will likely have met the person who is taking leave before they left, and their return isn't likely to come as a surprise.
- nextlevelwizard 5y agoCan’t imagine it would be easy to fill dev positions for few months and I have doubts how beneficial it would be.