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I find that my firm is very supportive. When my wife and I were going through the pregnancy process, I felt like the firm had my back. Granted, I'm a man, so I'd be curious to hear what women in the industry think. I feel like I'm frequently reading stories about women who feel like it is hard to communicate their pregnancy to the firm if it coincides with busy season
At Deloitte both men and women get 16 weeks plus you can take PTO, etc. up to 24 weeks off. In most places this is unheard of for men. I’m about to start my paternity leave and the partners have been supportive of it. I would say that working with a newborn at home during busy season can be rough. When I get home late, I’m exhausted but need to help with the baby. It’s also a balancing act when I work the weekends as well.
Hopefully someone from BT will chime in here with thoughts. I’m not up on our policy, but I know a number of males in our office have taken the paternity leave (which seems pretty generous) and the policy seems to be working well.
8 weeks for men and 60% work with 100% pay when you get back. Use any vacation you want. Seems like a good deal
I work for a Canadian firm so different perspective. Being able to take a year off is great, but it’s not a “benefit” (earning unemployment is a huge pay cut, let alone the hit you take with respect to raises and promotions with the year off). I think every company should offer the same parental leave benefits to men and women so there’s less stigma around women taking leave (and equal opportunity/choice). I ended up coming back part time after 6 months but got punished for it financially (e.g., on mat leave I could still contribute to my pension, but not as a part time employee). There are some bizarre incentives in place for sure but I just had to do what felt right to me. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
In the military I got 10 days, it's not even close to enough. Take as much time as you can it's really important.
BDO provides 9 paid weeks, plus short term disability provides another 5 or 6 paid weeks at close to 70% of the salary. Overall I feel BDO really tries to support working parents. They provide wellness rooms for pumping and have a policy to support time to pump for 12 months after birth. They also have parental coaching for those going on or coming back from leave to help navigate that change from a workplace setting. My office is also very open to flex arrangements as well. Overall they do a pretty good job supporting working parents.
We get up to 10 weeks of STD (4 before EDD and 6 after), then 6 weeks of paid parental leave, and then job security up to six months after your first day out. There’s lots of support for flexible work arrangements.
Tax reform added a new credit for FML wages so hopefully this will incentive companies to increase leave all around.
I am currently on tour in Asia and the local firm’s paternity leave policy is 3 days. This made me appreciate the US benefits a lot more
Asians have a lot of family support when they have a kid, unlike US
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The US companies are getting much better. 16 weeks is bullshit compared to the rest of the world but it’s only going to get better. I myself as a dad took 7 weeks and did not affect my work what so ever. (SM). Take as much as you can as your children will benefit
At KPMG, dads only get 2 weeks paid then 4 weeks on top if she goes back to work...it’s pretty pathetic tbh. I think DT has the best across all firms since both men and women get the same time off
I think parental leave needs to expand to meet the needs of all parents, not just new parents. I started my career when my kids went to grade school so I’ve never used a traditional maternity leave, but right now my teenage kid is going through some things and really needs me to be more hands to help him navigate. It’s not necessarily a medical issue for which I can take the FML my firm offers, so my hands are tied. Balancing 65 hour weeks and trying to support him isn’t working and my only option is unpaid leave, which financially we can’t swing right now.