When I was interviewing with Brilliant Ink, I remember being impressed by the unlimited vacation policy, generous bonus program, and attractive benefits, but I never thought to inquire about the company’s maternity leave policy.…

Coming back from maternity leave is not easy. In fact, it’s something I dreaded after the birth of my first son.…

Fortune blog post. that needled me: "My maternity leave will be a few weeks long and I'll work throughout it."As a working mother of a 1-year-old, I have plenty of thoughts about attempting to work while riding the wave of postpartum hormones, but I’ll leave that to the mommy bloggers.…

It’s my first week back to work after taking maternity leave following the birth of my daughter, Lila, now two months old.…

X. Why You Should Revisit Your Parental Leave Policy. POSTED ON. June 14, 2022. At the end of May, I had the pleasure of attending. Staffbase. ’s VOICES 2022: The Great Reconnection conference in New York City. I was absolutely blown away by the talent of the community and the brilliance of the spea…

We need to stop shaming women for wanting (or not wanting) to return to work. 9 Ways to Make Returning to Work After Maternity Leave as Painless as Possible. Congratulations to Kate Angus and Lindsay McCleary on your adorable little peanuts and we wish you both a smooth transition back to work.…

Before I went out on my company-sponsored maternity leave, I was thrilled, cocky even, to know I’d be returning to a job I love and a team I respect and admire.…

But, what happens when a colleague is out on a long vacation or, say, on maternity leave? Although the tendency is to hunker down and go at it alone, doing so is a disservice all around.…

that we’ve shared nine. maternity leave-related blog posts. over the years. However, in an effort to bring our whole selves to work, we’d like to celebrate our other, slightly hairy children. As a remote team, I’m not sure we qualify as a pet-friendly office.…

I’m also six weeks away from the birth of my second child, which means I’m doubling down on getting work done so that I can take a stress-free maternity leave. In other words, right at this moment we’re still in the realm of “do as I say, not as I do.”…

From extended maternity and paternity leave to unlimited vacation, the. Netflix. rulebook seems to promote freedom, lots of time off, and autonomy. (. My Domaine. ) Instead of creating endless rules and processes, Netflix asserted that its business will focus specifically on two things: 1.…

(emphasis mine) to take a maternity leave measured in days, not months.I think it’s very easy to quickly deride this new policy as “out of touch” and it is quite fascinating for a technology company to make such a bold statement that the same technology they need to be successful isn’t sufficient enough…