Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year parental leaves

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by tptacek on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:01PM (#19090376)

This is simply not a norm in American business. Most companies have numerous team members that have no redundancy or fail-over. For instance: a mid-sized startup hires its first GC --- it is certainly not a norm for that company to hire two lawyers in case one needs to take leave, and also not the case that the rest of the team can simply pick up the slack.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by chefkoch on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:12PM (#19090487)

Outsource it to a contractor / lawyers office or whatever you did before?

As in my other response, you have months to prepare a solution.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by tptacek on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:12PM (#19091049)

I'm not getting involved with the broader debate, I'm just saying that the idea that you're meant to have redundancy for all your staff is not a norm.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by walshemj on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:08PM (#19090452)

A company that needs a GC as an employee is no longer a startup

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