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So given the physical toll on my wife I’m not going to argue the extra 8 weeks…
What I do take issue with is the amount of crap men get for actually taking the 8 weeks. I had several MDs give me shade for taking the full time, a project I had cited my lack of commitment in PA for my first kid (and my CC noting it probably cost me promotion by taking it when I did). There is an unstated expectation in some groups that this is not a right but rather something we should manage though if your male. I was even pressured to start a project during my leave my second time around, and when I refused sent on a crappy international project the first day back while my wife went home with a premie.
Just give me the 8 weeks and don’t hold it against me for taking it and trying to be a good dad.
I would argue this is something to flag up to HR. You cannot be penalized for something that is a policy set by the company.
It’s 16 weeks. I’m out on leave now. I believe it’s technically 8 weeks of maternity leave and then the other 8 is called something like ‘family bonding time’ and is for both the primary and secondary care giver.
I think the first 8 weeks is considered maternity leave ans the next 8 is primary caregiver leave.
Same result.
Yep, dads only get 8, moms get 16.
So much for gender equality, smh.
But your point was to have it equal. It is equal. Both parents get 8 weeks of parental leave. The other 8 weeks the women gets is for healing from carrying and birthing a child. Let’s not get that twisted.