How many weeks of parental leave does your firm give?
Jun 25, 2020
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Apparently a boost in parental leave request at Goldman Sachs this summer but was surprised to see the firm grants all new parents 20 weeks of paid parental leave.
Not as sweet as what some of the tech firms give - I think Netflix gives one year paid leave, and Amazon pays for spouses' parental leave? - but still quite good in my eyes. Nothing at my firm specifically but residing in CA did give me 12 weeks of job protection and 6 weeks of partial income by state few years ago :(
https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/3004007/goldman-sachs-parental-leave
Goldman Sachs insiders say there's a rush on parental leave this summer
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"One of the most unique aspects of Amazon's parental leave policy is its Leave Share program, which allows employees to share their parental leave with a partner who doesn't work at Amazon and whose employer does not provide paid parental leave.
For example, Jason, an Amazon employee, is entitled to six weeks of paternal leave. His wife Emily doesn't work at Amazon and her employer does not provide paid leave. Jason can give three of his six weeks to his wife and keep the other three weeks for himself.
During his three weeks of leave, Jason is paid his full salary, and Amazon also pays Emily her husband's base salary for three weeks so that she, too, can take time off."