What policies do other FAANG companies have?

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diyateruku

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diyateruku
Sep 29, 2021 12 Comments

Referring to Amazon : pop’s while wife DIES of cancer thread

How is it better in other companies? Say Google , Microsoft

Just curious. I saw someone ask that question but not lot of replies on it .

My question is about medical leave etc and not PIP

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  • Not sure about MS as I haven’t seen it first hand, but I saw several instances of what I would call “humans being human” when I was at Boeing (and Boeing is pretty damn old achool when it comes to most things)

    One guy’s wife committed suicide. They let him take all of his sick leave (you can bank quite a bit) and then medical leave for as long as he needed (about two months, you keep health insurance for the first 90 days) Let him go part time at first to get back on his feet after that. Felt terrible for him, he was a shell of himself after that.

    Another guy’s parents got very sick. They let him work remote until his retirement (he was a few years away from it). It absolutely made him less effective at his job being fully remote.

    There was another guy who got cancer. Instantly let him take long term disability (about 2/3 of salary, keep insurance indefinitely) and offloaded all of his work. Like the DAY he informed his manager this all happened. I know because it was the last day I saw him. He died about four months later.

    Numerous instances of people in bad car accidents that resulted in them being gone for many weeks and even months and then returning part time (due to decreased mobility) for several more months until they had fully recovered. No penalties for lower performance. All allowed short or long term disability (this is now a company wide benefit, but used to be one negotiated by the union).

    The thing is, this really wasn’t all THAT much effort. It was just normal compassion and not holding something like cancer or suicide against someone. Of course their performance will suffer! But you let that slide because you aren’t an inhuman robot living in the Bezos salt mines.
    Sep 29, 2021 2
    • Box
      qwertyy12

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      qwertyy12
      So refreshing to read how Boeing treats its employees after the Amazon cancer post. My faith is restored.
      Sep 29, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      BrazilBe🍑

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      BrazilBe🍑
      @qwertty12 Funny thing is companies hate when people do this. Their dream is to find some loophole to fire people as fast as possible when performance dips for more than a quarter.
      Sep 29, 2021
  • Apple
    ocean1234

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    Back in 2018, I had to visit my parents back in India due to some health issues. I spent about 2 months there, did no work and my manager didn’t even ask to report the vacation days I had. He made sure that HR wasn’t involved at all to make it a leave or paycheck issue. Once I got back, my manager requested that I take a week off and get my affairs in order in US before starting work.
    Sep 29, 2021 4
  • Cisco extended severance till June after the lay offs in February 2020. Also paid for healthcare.

    A lot of colleagues on work visa were thankful that the company took care of them despite being let go.

    Wouldn't expect Amazon to come anywhere close to this. Also why i'll never work for Amazon.
    Sep 29, 2021 1
  • FB offers 6 weeks of paid leave. After that, you're back to unpaid, but I think it's pretty generous.
    Sep 29, 2021 0
  • Past few months had close family member in and out of the hospital my team and manager have been nothing but supportive. Family member on the mend now.
    Sep 29, 2021 0