I’m originally from israel, and we have very generous maternity leave over there (no paternity as far as I know, moved to the US back in 2012). i joined a star

I’m originally from israel, and we have very generous maternity leave over there (no paternity as far as I know, moved to the US back in 2012). i joined a startup in 2007 and we’ve had numerous pregnancies (one of our team leaders had 4 kids from 2007-2014), each followed by 6 months of maternity leave. how did we handle it? people pick up the slack and it just works, it’s not even an option so you get by, end of story. it really is that simple.