Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by throwta22 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:07PM (#24415571)

I guess I'm out of the loop but I didn't realize that parents actually felt like they're doing society and the human race a favor by having several kids.

I always viewed it as the opposite. We're at no risk of extinction and companies should not subsidize people for having kids, at least not more than 1. Many people love taking advantage of that sweet sweet 16+ week parental leave.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by sokoloff on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:08AM (#24417030)

I love my kids. Even with that, I assure you I was looking forward to the break and reduction in workload when my parental leave expired and I went back to the office...

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by throwta22 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:14AM (#24417388)

At the place I work it was never mandatory to take parental leave.

All these years I always said congratulations when coworkers had kids...when I really should have thanked them.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by sokoloff on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:12AM (#24420616)

Employee handbooks are not the only source of mandates on this topic.

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