Parental Leave Discussions
Policy

Received an offer to lateral to a big firm. The benefits package includes health, dental, disability etc. but no mention of their parental leave policy. I don’t recall my current job spelling that out either in my offer. Im not planning on having kids in the immediate future but I am curious of the policy at the new firm. Fair question to ask or will it scare them if I do?

Is anyone able to share what the parental leave policy is at IDEO?

Tips on navigating interviews before taking parental leave? If I get the offer, I’d likely be at the new company for a month or two before taking off. When and how should I communicate this?

What’s your firm’s parental leave policy? Are you happy with it?

Curious for those that work in healthcare - does your company have parental leave and if so how much and for who (birthing/non-birthing, adoptive parents)?

Are you entitled to the parental leave benefits on day 1 of working at Salesforce or is there a certain period of time you have to be with the company to be eligible for the benefit?

Recommendation for a tax person to help with complicated taxes - husband and I lived in NJ for part of 2021, he worked remotely for an nyc and then Long Island co., I worked in NJ and for a MA firm. We also both took parental leave and taxes weren’t taken out of some of that pay. Also, need child credit for said child who the IRS doesn’t know about yet.
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Can you share your firm’s parental leave/pay policy? My firm supplements disability payments (to earn full salary) for six weeks. The rest is unpaid. Is this the norm?

Feeling completely overwhelmed and not confident coming back from parental leave. Anyone have advice for not feeling overwhelmed?

Do partners at EY get same parental leave as non partners?

Maybe more of an employment question than fertility - but has anyone taken their permitted parental leave and then given notice once it was over?

How’s the WLB at Kearney T&T? What’s the parental leave situation? Recruiters seem active.

What is the firm policy for paid parental leave at D? Read it is 16 weeks. Any eligibility criteria ? What’s the catch?

What is the best approach a firm can take to cover work during parental leave? I ask because I’ve been asked to take on a supervisor’s workload in addition to my own for three months starting next week and I already do not have the bandwidth for my current workload.

The only other mid-level associate in my group is out on parental leave and I’m being drowned with their work and mine… but I’m giving notice in a couple of weeks. I don’t know how to cope with my huge workload and my simultaneous almost-out-the-door outlook. Any advice? Just got staffed on two new deals today…

How are commissions handled for your sales employee while they go out on Parental Leave?? I work for a tech startup company and we have our first seller going out on leave and I need to create our policy. Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated!

For those of you at early stage startups - do you have an official parental leave policy? What is it? How do you make it work? I’m working on formalizing a policy at my company (~30 people, series A funded) and am wondering how other startups approach this.

Do your firms have maternal/paternal/parental leave and if so, how long is it?

Writing a Parental Leave policy for young tech start up. Any ideas on where I can find comparisons or what other series B tech start up parental leaves look like?

What companies have you come across that have the best parental leave? I know google gives 6 months. Any others give 4+?

Hello! I am currently on Parental leave and my daughter is 9 months old. I am wondering if I could extend my parental leave for about 6 months or so.. Any thoughts? Pls let me know.. --From Toronto.

Curious about Polsinelli’s parental leave policy. Is it 14 weeks paid leave? Is there a ramp-up/ramp-down period? Interviewing for a possible shareholder position (in case that makes a difference).

How long before a parental leave should you notify everyone? We don’t even know when or if it will happen at all.

Recently returned from 12 week parental leave. My group respected the time and I received one or two non-urgent emails. It helped immensely with bringing home baby number two and integrating her to our family (also have a toddler), and it took an insane amount of stress off my partner who needed a lot of recovery time, and who also works but has a less flexible job.

Long story short, I’m die hard loyal to my colleagues and my firm after this and hope it becomes standard in our profession.

I have a governmental entity client in Texas that wants to offer 6 weeks of paid parental leave for all employees, even those who aren’t eligible for FMLA. After the paid 6 weeks, the employee can choose to continue paid leave using any accrued personal leave.

Texas does not have a paid parental leave statute.

If paid leave above what is required is offered for parents, do we also have to provide the same benefit to other employees that are eligible for unpaid leave?

Not in consulting, on the industry side now. Would it be messed up if I left my company for a new role while manager is on parental leave? It was way easier leaving consulting but I feel more guilty about this

How do you 🐠 maintain good relationships with your counselees? Since I’ve been on parental leave my counselee said they wanted to permanently switch to the person who was covering for me. Feels like our relationship was awkward…

Anyone able to share what benefits look like at Strategy&? 401k match, PTO, parental leave, etc

Can I start my parental leave before my child is born, so that I don’t hit the bench? My current roll off date lines up with my wife’s delivery date and it’s looking like the baby is going to come late.

PwC fish - when do you become eligible for parental leave?

I have no idea where to post this, but is a anyone else super weirded out by LinkedIn lately? All these pictures of people using their kids as props for parental leave, or how their kid has a disorder and how proud they are? I just came across a post that was a woman lying next to her mom who had *literally* just died. I feel a little cold hearted saying it, but it is so over the top on what is supposed to be a professional network. Am I just totally out of touch?

Deloitte parents: how long do you have to be with the firm to qualify for parental leave? I’m considering an offer but am currently pregnant.

If your company offers paid parental leave, can you share some insight into your policies or implementation tips?

We're thinking of offering it concurrently with any existing paid parental leave at the state level, so the employee is covered 100%.

What is the Deloitte parental leave policy for child birth and is there any length of time that’s a minimum for employment before it is applicable?

Moving to BCG soon, and looking at their non compensation benefits - does BCG have a policy for leave of absence / family leave ? (Separate from parental leave). I know that in the future I’ll need to take some extended time off for personal reasons and the benefits doesn’t mention anything aside from parental leave.

Any companies which do not have 1 year minimum service to take Parental leave?