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That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together, by Joanne Lipman

For Google, as for others, the key incentive came in the form of family leave. In 2011, Google sweetened its leave policy, extending paid parental leave to five months from three. The result was immediate. Attrition rates for women who had babies plunged by 50 percent.

Amazon take note. Did they try the same for men too? We’re there enough bi-google couples to see drop in attrition among new mothers whose partners had more time off?

27 Jul 18 · Flag

Corey

After having had a chance to take a paid parental leave, I was surprised at the difference in perception between men who take the leave and women. For women its just expected that they will take all o…

06 Aug 18 · Flag

Brian

That's weird. I never would've thought of parental leave as a good time for interviewing. Newbornhood is exhausting enough as it is! But this attitude works against mothers as well, as their partners …

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