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Nov 14, 2024
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Swag Kazekage
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So insane- I’ve got a member of my team who will be off 12 paid weeks for birth
SBB
7:39am
Remember us thinking it was crazy generous when husband got 2 weeks off for our kids.
Soupie
7:41am
I never had more than 1 or 2. Today, I’d trade half my 401k to have been able to
snowbird
7:57am
Never got a single paid day off for the births of my three kids. Jelly.
PGVikingDad
7:42am
Same.
Swag Kazekage
7:44am
I got a the day off because I had an awesome boss for the first two.
SBB
7:46am
Overly generous?
chrisoc13
12:22pm
Last I checked you get paid to do a job- I was grateful. He didn’t have to
SBB
2:22pm
Same
Reasonable1
7:57am
Thats Got me thinking about getting my vasectomy reversed!
pinolero
7:42am
My son-in-law gets this where he works.
BYUforlife
7:43am
We allow it to be spilt in half
SBB
7:44am
I took 3 or 4 days of vacation then went back to work.
Kilgore Trout
7:45am
Times are changing. I absolutely took my job with their paternity leave in mind.
aplusfan
7:45am
There’s a happy medium- someone has to pay that benefit and I know you’re
SBB
7:48am
I’m all for the benefit but maybe not all at once
CasualFan
7:45am
I took 3 days off for my twins' birth and then went into work on the weekend bc I had a trial on the following Monday
byujag
7:46am
I was literally guilted for taking 4 days when my twins were born.
VinnyBYU
7:56am
I took a week off using paid vacation for all of my kids...
WJCougar
7:46am
My company does 13 weeks for dads. Minimum of a week at a time. I've had 2 people use it this year.
Filiberto
7:46am
I wouldn’t take it. My personal opinion is that it’s a bad look. I agree with
ChiCityCoug
7:48am
It’s all vacation for a guy after 2 weeks typically. I’m sure there are exceptio
SBB
7:50am
It's a bad look to bond with your newborn child?
NGB
8:02am
Is that what I said? That’s weird I swear I didn’t say that.
ChiCityCoug
8:26am
If you’re sitting at home wondering what to do with yourself, or feel like
royal_blue
8:06am
I’m not saying life after a kid is easy and that we as dads shouldn’t help I’m
ChiCityCoug
8:32am
And if a company or manager is such a dumpster fire that they can’t survive
royal_blue
8:42am
it depends on the size of the company
rotorhead
8:45am
This is ridiculous. Give some credit to Mom, Bro. They don’t need three months to get back on their feet. 12 weeks is
SolidBlue
8:51am
No offense but you seem like someone who has not a clue how to prioritize your
royal_blue
11:02am
Names his son "captain", lectures others on parenting. lol
NGB
11:09am
Now doubt his wife is his equal. But rather kind of equal as it was defined
JosephAllenMaldonado
11:55am
Tell me you could be replaced in 2 days at your job without telling me.
ChiCityCoug
8:52am
Tell me your wife could replace you in 2 days without telling me 😂
royal_blue
11:13am
Haha I hope not!
ChiCityCoug
11:27am
If you worry that your company might not want you back if you took this leave, it’s not the leave that’s the problem
spinner
9:16am
I work for a very lean company and therefore duplicative roles are
ChiCityCoug
9:35am
If a company offers an employee a 12 week leave but then would cut them for actually taking it
spinner
10:15am
Or just a disconnect between executives pushing a 12 week leave to appear
ChiCityCoug
10:30am
And I would define that as a problem
spinner
10:34am
I agree, which is why offering 12 weeks at a company is strange to me, because
ChiCityCoug
10:39am
I wonder how many of those co-workers and employers will be at your bedside when
Tiburon
10:18am
Haha yeah yeah yeah, I’ve heard this one before. What this silly hypothetical
ChiCityCoug
10:33am
Why are people 👎 this post? Snowbird what’s the issue with what I posted? Does
SBB
7:57am
We don't really have anyone that can fill in for me. The work just piles up
Ferb
7:57am
Oh it suck’s- I get punished for it as it affects revenue
SBB
7:59am
My wife has to deliver our kids by C-section, so the extra time is legit helpful
ldssdl
7:59am
Same my wife had 4 c sections. I was still working for the most part but was able to work from home.
Nuke
8:21am
Do they get lots of vacation as well? If not just think of it as an equalizer.
Yiowa
8:00am
My buddy took his 12 weeks and then found out he got laid off
jaromp
8:01am
Yeah I know there’s some legal protections on maternity leave and paternity
ChiCityCoug
8:34am
Sorry you didn’t get time off or take time off. Company loyalty doesn’t
The Pope
8:04am
My wife gave birth to four of our children while I was in the military
Goliath
8:04am
My company has 12 weeks paternity and it is one reason I am still there.
TheMaineCougar
8:07am
I know people who get 16 weeks.
JuicyJam
8:07am
We get 16 weeks of paternity leave at my company. Unfortunately we are done
Duke Silver
8:22am
It seems some guys think it's either lame to take time off, or admirable to
quantum valeat
8:18am
Why be bothered, isn’t this just the free market at work?
spinner
8:31am
Yep, wages have stagnated for decades, this is one small comp for that
Mitty
11:15am
I left work at 1. Baby was born at 2:30. I took the next day off. Back to work
O Gaucho
9:23am
1 day off? That’s soft *tic*. This reminds me of a Monty python skit
Reasonable1
9:30am
Similar story here. Worked Wed. Baby born Thurs. Back at work Friday afternoon.
StanfordCougar
9:35am
I worked at a company that was too small. I ended up quitting to have the time
Tiburon
10:13am
I never had paid time for my kids, but I'm all for it. Happy to see people
Mitty
11:07am
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