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It's crazy they stop stock vesting on parental leave, that just seems really messed up to me. I can get medical leave as that one is pretty easy to abuse/string

by Dig1t 5y ago

It's crazy they stop stock vesting on parental leave, that just seems really messed up to me. I can get medical leave as that one is pretty easy to abuse/string out for a very long time. However it just seems like a disincentive to have children and a definite message being sent by Amazon by doing something scummy like that for parental leave.

dominotw 5y ago
seems fair to me. you are still getting paid. > it just seems like a disincentive to have children people who get paid in stock aren't warehouse employees they are highly paid software engineer types, surely they can tolerate getting by on 200k/yr salary for a few months. this is a huge over reaction.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago
  > people who get paid in stock aren't warehouse employees they are highly paid software engineer types, surely they can tolerate getting by on 200k/yr salary for a few months. Why would anyone be OK with not getting paid their fair, and agreed, share? I don't understand why anyone would side with a trillion dollar corporation, instead of a worker, regardless of how much he or she makes.
  - dominotw 5y ago
    > Why would anyone be OK with not getting paid their fair, and agreed, share? Agreed? Surely their employment contract included this clause, wouldn't that be plainly illegal to do that otherwise? > I don't understand why anyone would side with a trillion dollar corporation, instead of a worker, Because not everyone chooses which side they are on first and comes up with the justification later.
    - Rebelgecko 5y ago
      Does Amazon do employment contracts? From what I've seen they're relatively rare at tech companies, except for executives.
lr1970 5y ago
> It's crazy they stop stock vesting on parental leave, that just seems really messed up to me. The linked article explicitly states that: "A few days after she sent the note, according to a report in Business Insider, Amazon changed the policy and reestablished vesting during parental leave and for up to 26 weeks of medical leave."
- 8note 5y ago
  That's good for the future, but still bad for all the people whos past leave still affects their future vests

by Dig1t 5y ago

dominotw 5y ago

seems fair to me. you are still getting paid. > it just seems like a disincentive to have children people who get paid in stock aren't warehouse employees they are highly paid software engineer types, surely they can tolerate getting by on 200k/yr salary for a few months. this is a huge over reaction.

manuelabeledo 5y ago
> people who get paid in stock aren't warehouse employees they are highly paid software engineer types, surely they can tolerate getting by on 200k/yr salary for a few months. Why would anyone be OK with not getting paid their fair, and agreed, share? I don't understand why anyone would side with a trillion dollar corporation, instead of a worker, regardless of how much he or she makes.
- dominotw 5y ago
  > Why would anyone be OK with not getting paid their fair, and agreed, share? Agreed? Surely their employment contract included this clause, wouldn't that be plainly illegal to do that otherwise? > I don't understand why anyone would side with a trillion dollar corporation, instead of a worker, Because not everyone chooses which side they are on first and comes up with the justification later.
  - Rebelgecko 5y ago
    Does Amazon do employment contracts? From what I've seen they're relatively rare at tech companies, except for executives.

lr1970 5y ago

> It's crazy they stop stock vesting on parental leave, that just seems really messed up to me. The linked article explicitly states that: "A few days after she sent the note, according to a report in Business Insider, Amazon changed the policy and reestablished vesting during parental leave and for up to 26 weeks of medical leave."

8note 5y ago
That's good for the future, but still bad for all the people whos past leave still affects their future vests