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

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by bluecalm on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:11PM (#19091044)

If someone leaves I can find a replacement and hope they don't leave. If a women has a baby then I will either need to hire a temp which is more difficult than to hire for full time position or suddenly have 2 positions open (I need to have that when my first employee comes back). For a small few people company having 2 positions open instead of one is often unreasonable cost.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by maxsilver on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:15PM (#19091069)

> I will either need to hire a temp which is more difficult than to hire for full time position

We're still talking about programmers, right? Because it is way easier to hire a part-time contract programmer, than it is to hire a full-time programmer. If anything, the best devs are often already freelancing/consulting anyway, and would prefer you hire them this way.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by wvenable on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:22PM (#19091125)

I had to hire a temp for a one year maternity leave replacement. It wasn't particularly difficult and the person I hired didn't want a longer contract and she is great. In fact, I kept her on as-needed contract basis after. She will be helping me smooth other the transition of another employee who just left for a better paying job.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by smileysteve on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:01PM (#19092328)

If, in a year, you don't have room to grow your staff by 1, haven't you already failed?

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