Which company has the best maternity leave and work life balance? Also which company need the employee to be hired for at least a year to be eligible for leave?
It's federal law that you get FMLA leave after 1 year of employment. It doesn't have to do with the company.
Microsoft doesnt have that rule. I mean there are other rules which doesnt need fullfillment of being for 1 year
However there are some state laws that are different. FMLA grants time and job security. In Ca the state law grants some pay but no job security (the company can fire you in the middle of your leave).
Facebook is now 6 months and if you add in disability leave and any PTO, that’ll be about 8 months I believe. Not sure if that’s the norm now or really good. Would love to know what other companies have better mat leave!
Forget maternity. American Express gives 5 months paid for the dad!
Not Apple for sure
Intel apparently. Home Depot is pretty good about it too, tbh.
Gates Foundation tends to be the gold standard - 52 weeks of maternity leave, reasonable work-life balance if you’re not in a travel job. Not sure on the year requirement. California has state-supported maternity leave, so I believe you get it at all companies even if you haven’t been there a year. It won’t give you your full salary (it might be 60%?), but your job is safe.
Your job is not safe with only the state leave. People usually take federal (job safety and no pay) AND state (pay but no job safety) together so they get all the benefits.
CA is different than other states. There is Pregnancy Disability Leave which says that for up to 4 months, your job must be there for you to go back to, no requirements on tenure, but your doctor must support it (reasons include post-birth recovery, post-partum depression, morning sickness, etc). There is no pay associated with this. In addition, CA has paid family leave, which covers up to 6 weeks of pay for bonding or caring for a new child. There is no 1-year requirement, just that you have to have earned $300 in CA in the previous 12 months.
Pivotal is a great place for work life balance. They are very flexible with their schedule (assuming you are not a consultant/labs) and allow for remote work as much as possible where it makes sense.
Netflix has awesome WLB - and up to a year of leave.
adobe
Salesforce