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Twitter To Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the work-and-family-balance dept.

Michal Lev-Ram, reporting for Fortune: May 1 will be a happy day for Twitter employees -- at least those expecting a baby. The social media site is the latest tech player to offer so-called "gender-neutral" parental leave, guaranteeing any parent up to 20 weeks of fully paid time off. Other companies that have embraced such policies include Etsy, Facebook, and Change.org. The rationale? Family structures have changed, and allowing for more evenly distributed parenting equals happier employees, both male and female (within, of course, both heterosexual and same-sex couples).

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  1. Here I was all excited! by tlambert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here I was all excited!

    But reading the article, the headline is not correct: "Twitter To Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave"

    Apparently, this only applies to Twitter employees, and not actually "All New Parents".

  2. Excellent by 31415926535897 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So I just need three women whom I can become a new parent by, some proper spacing, and I can get permanent, paid paternity leave from Twitter. If more and more companies go down this road, I don't see any reason why I can't be simultaneously employed by all of them.

  3. Re:What abt people who don't want kids? by ranton · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I want 20 my weeks too, or I'll take a 1 year 38.5% raise instead.

    Invest 20,000+ hours in creating the next generation, and then you can talk about getting another 160-480 hours off from your job.

    This isn't charity. I am one of the highly skilled workers with two young children who put family related benefits high on my priority list. My first daughter was born at a company with paid paternity leave, and for my second child my current company gave me weeks of PTO up front because my wife was pregnant when I joined. I assure you my boss and his superiors didn't bat an eye at giving me extra time off if it meant being able to get me to join.

    If you care so much about this, negotiate for more PTO time for yourself because of your needs as a single person. If you are worth it they will give it to you.

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  4. Re:What abt people who don't want kids? by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You get a shitload of extra work to pick up the slack.

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  5. Re:What abt people who don't want kids? by jedidiah · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > You are quite an unpleasant person all around. Its good you have the self-awareness to not have kids.

    I agree with him completely and I do have kids. It's not my job or his to pay for your life choices, it's YOURS.

    That's what it means to be an ADULT.

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