Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Parents

Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by anigbrowl on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @06:14PM (#9337544)

How dare someone exploit the benefits that are legally available! Employers can insure against the economic risk of having someone become pregnant. And you know what, just budget for that in your cost of hiring once you are big enough to have a full time payroll and HR person on staff. And start planning to give fathers leave as well.

If you (qua hypothetical business owner) can't cope with the fact that your employees are human being and that human beings have reasonable needs, then what good are you?

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by refurb on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:17PM (#9337813)

What's the latest HN rule? Assume the best intention of the poster? You did the exact opposite!

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by anigbrowl on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @08:56PM (#9338173)

I was responding to: My wife's friend recently had a baby, and she exploited the situation to the full. [...] And I'm basically saying, why shouldn't she?

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by refurb on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @09:41PM (#9338331)

Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was clear that the author was referring to the abuse of such benefits, not that she was wrong for using that benefits legitimately.

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by sinatra on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @09:51PM (#9338372)

Just to clarify again, I was talking about exploiting as in "the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work." Not "the action of making use of and benefiting from resources." To make the difference clear in my edit, I used the term "utilizing" for the latter.

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