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Time will tell, but I'm not convinced! One third of our employees are parents. Money isn't everything and there are more ways to be family friendly than offeri
by nyellin 5y ago
Time will tell, but I'm not convinced! One third of our employees are parents.
Money isn't everything and there are more ways to be family friendly than offering the highest salary. For example, we offer 1 month of paid parental leave (at 75% salary) for all genders.
We're possibly the smallest startup in the world to offer something like this. But I think it's morally correct, not damaging from a business perspective (employees aren't focused on work anyway with a new child), and it certainly helps us compete with companies that are much bigger and even give higher compensation.
*Depending on your country and your gender, you might get better benefits for a longer period of time. This is the minimum you'll get (at our expense)
- manuelabeledo 5y ago> Time will tell, but I'm not convinced! One third of our employees are parents. What’s the distribution, though. When I started as an engineer in a small startup over a decade ago, the ratio was similar, but mostly the higher ups were parents. The vast majority of engineering, sales and marketing were either unmarried or childless. > Money isn't everything and there are more ways to be family friendly than offering the highest salary. For example, we offer 1 month of paid parental leave (at 75% salary) for all genders. Many companies offering high salaries also have parental leave, so this may not be a factor either.
- nyellin 5y agoThe engineers have kids.