The various extra entitlements parents get in terms of paid leave, long-term leave with a guaranteed job on the other side, and so on, are a complete joke. I know my opinions won't be popular on this left-wing website, but there won't be any rational reply to what I say.
The fact is that it is a benefit given to a specific group of employees and not others. What are the reasons? Well, there are none. In my country, it is required by law to have these benefits. The rationale they gave was "it is an essential role, we need to increase the birth rate, etc". After decades of this policy, there was no increase in the birth rate. The population had to grow via immigration, not births from residents. As for an "essential role", the people having babies don't think they are doing the world a favour, they are doing it for themselves. That is beside the point though.
The reality is that I had to sit at my desk and watch as every parent in the company took months of paid leave off that I never got, based on a rationale that is proven to be incorrect. They often had more than one baby, so they took these benefits multiple times.
The reality is that it was introduced to buy votes, and now they won't take it away. That is how it is in my country. It makes no sense to give money and time off to my boss, who makes more than me, and not me because I am not in any position to have kids. This is absurd.
The fact is that it is a benefit given to a specific group of employees and not others. What are the reasons? Well, there are none. In my country, it is required by law to have these benefits. The rationale they gave was "it is an essential role, we need to increase the birth rate, etc". After decades of this policy, there was no increase in the birth rate. The population had to grow via immigration, not births from residents. As for an "essential role", the people having babies don't think they are doing the world a favour, they are doing it for themselves. That is beside the point though.
The reality is that I had to sit at my desk and watch as every parent in the company took months of paid leave off that I never got, based on a rationale that is proven to be incorrect. They often had more than one baby, so they took these benefits multiple times.
The reality is that it was introduced to buy votes, and now they won't take it away. That is how it is in my country. It makes no sense to give money and time off to my boss, who makes more than me, and not me because I am not in any position to have kids. This is absurd.