Would you give up 6 weeks of paid parental leave at your firm to accept an in-house position? My leave ends in late April, and I have an offer with a start date of mid March. The company cannot push back the start date any further. It’s a good remote role, and I plan on moving later this year to a more rural area to be closer to family, so I will have less local options for a future in-house role. I want to go in-house but also don’t want to give up parental leave. I am in litigation FWIW

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If it's the job you want, take it and just eat those six weeks. If want to keep looking, tell them starting in April is a non-negotiable for you and see what they say (knowing that them telling you to take a hike is a possible outcome).

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If you want the job, try to negotiate extra leave or a larger sign on bonus due to the parental leave you are leaving on the table at the firm due to their inflexibility on start date.

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Fully remote roles are starting to become pretty rare these days in my experience, if it’s really the right fit and moving to a rural area is important to you I wouldn’t think much about the 6 weeks lost. Drop in the bucket over a long career, if you see yourself at this role long-term.

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How much leave have you already had? If you’ve recovered physically, that’s more doable than if you’re just a few weeks out from birth. Congrats on the job!

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Will you have gotten enough leave before then? I probably would if I already had 4 months and only for a fully remote role. Seems like it’s worth it for your family, but I’d push harder if you had only gotten 2-4 weeks before then.

Still a tough call but for a fully remote position and your family situation, I would probably still take it. Honestly the one thing that would dissuade me would be whether baby would have to go to daycare that early for a full day instead, but that’s because I had a bad experience with daycare. Most of my friends with young kids had to put them into group care at 3 months and they did just fine!

What about the baby’s other parent? Could they take their leave to cover this period?
If the employer can’t agree to a later start date, maybe they could let you start with a shorter work week for the first few weeks so they have some coverage and you ease into things.

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