You know, I won't argue with you about the leave. But it's distinctly atypical in America -- the fmla only mandates 12 weeks of unpaid leave, and that only for

You know, I won't argue with you about the leave. But it's distinctly atypical in America -- the fmla only mandates 12 weeks of unpaid leave, and that only for companies with more than 50 employees. CA does provide for 6 weeks at 55% of salary, capped at roughly $1k a week. So despite your nonsense, Google is doing something quite generous -- and for professionals making, say, $150k it costs them probably on the order of $125k.