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Equal when men start delivering
^ that’s an interesting point that I hadn’t considered. Maybe forced equal maternity leave would correct some of the bias towards professional women having children...
As a guy, I would say no. Women have to recover physically, in addition to the things the guy needs to do (bonding, lack of sleep, etc.)
Female here who is about to go on mat leave for my first child as a banker. While the physical recovery is legit and makes the leave 100% needed, it is super frustrating to see my male counterparts take off only a week or so (when they get 4 weeks leave) because of the implications on work. Im terrified of what it will be like when i return and what reviews will be like for next year when i am only around for 8-9 months out of 12.
Even if the man is taking care of the baby, I think the mother should get leave to recover physically. Haven’t you seen ali Wong’s comedy special?
Who uses it should be the big option.
When you have an imbalance in earnings it may make more sense for the father to be primary care giver but if that is unpaid leave and the mother is maternity leave that does not work.
RBS used to give great and equal 13 weeks leave on full pay.
Depends who is actually taking care of the baby... tons of work on top of an ANL/ASO positiin... take all the leave you can, the one time when you wont be dinged for it
So addressing the pay gap which drives who is primarily caregiver /breadearner debate , a lot of banks are moving towards exception reports done annually to see if women are at par with men, I think the problem is a lot of women don’t speak up for their own comp, thinking they will loose flexibility with their family, I have one on my team and she just had her third child, my first choice was her for new projects but she denied saying it’s a lot of work and then told me how do I ensure I don’t loose visibility, it’s win some loose some