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So What If Yahoo's New Dads Get Less Leave Than Moms?

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-occasional-babysitters? dept.

Dawn Kawamoto writes "Yahoo rolled out an expanded maternity/paternity policy that doubled the family leave for moms to 16 weeks. But new dads at Yahoo get only 8 weeks. It turns out that Yahoo is not the only Fortune 500 company to short-shrift news dads. But, really, do new dads think it's worth crying over? Hmmm...changing diapers or cleaning up code — both are messy, but one smells less."

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  1. "...one smells less" by bradgoodman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which one is that?

    1. Re:"...one smells less" by stewsters · · Score: 5, Funny

      At Yahoo, a company with legacy code dating back to 1995, I think you can guess.

    2. Re:"...one smells less" by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yup. I'll take a huge diaperfull of steamy pungent poo over server-side Perl every time.

  2. How men could use this by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    1) To wife: "If all goes well I'm taking a week off after the baby comes."
    2) To work: "I'm taking all eight weeks off."
    3) Enjoy seven weeks of 8-5 freedom.

  3. Re:As a guy that was a stay at home dad for 7 year by Literaphile · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing motivates you better to go back to the grind of corporate work than 7 years of shitty diapers. I love my kids, but 7 years of diapers was enough. Much happier with a regular paycheck and a nanny.

    Maybe your problem was leaving your kids in diapers until they were 7?

  4. Re:Equal rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Childfree people are being discriminated against because they get no leave. I should be able to take leave to take care of my cat.

  5. Re:As a guy that was a stay at home dad for 7 year by avandesande · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gross! You're supposed to change them at least once a day, aren't you?

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  6. Re:Sweden, 1 year by Stargoat · · Score: 4, Funny

    A MÃÃse once bit my sister ...

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  7. Re:Sweden, 1 year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those responsible for the maternity leave discrimination have been sacked.

  8. Re:Equal rights by CanHasDIY · · Score: 3, Funny

    Men are usually more violent.

    Watch it, or I'll kick your ass!

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  9. Re:Equal rights by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are wrong. It is a life event, not a yearly occurrence...

    Clearly you are not Catholic, Mormon, or from the Bible Belt.

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  10. Re:Sweden, 1 year by jonathanjespersen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

  11. Re: Equal rights by pspahn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like Sweden would be a great place to plop out some triplets.

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  12. Re:Equal rights by pspahn · · Score: 3, Funny

    8 weeks is a long time to recover from child birth.

    Not really. I'm sure Justin Beiber's mother is still on the mend.

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  13. Re:Equal rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Yeah guys, Conservatives are super easy to find in California - you just have to go where nobody lives."