Parental leave in the US.

[onodera]

I've known that parental leave is almost nonexistent in the US legislation: 12 unpaid weeks is not enough at all. "But of course, like with health insurance, any serious company will include better parental leave in their benefits package!" thought I and went to check. I've found several mentions on the web that tech companies have "awesome" parental leave benefits.
Google provides 5(wow!) months of paid(oh-em-gee!) parental leave. If that is awesome, then I'm worried about American babies. What about unpaid job-protected leave? Even in Russia, where we have a cap on paid parental leave, federally mandated 1.5 years of paid leave amount to 3 months of paid leave for my wife, plus she can choose to get 1.5 more years of unpaid job-protected leave. A 3-year old kid needs his mother's attention much less than a 3-month or even a 5-month old one.
How come Americans tolerate such policies?

[Sava]

I think the lack of proper breeder licensing is a greater issue.

[Bereta_Eder]

Because angloamericans (not all) are slaves.
Join us, with your nuclear heads, in protecting human dignity

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Americans get paid more, making a lack of paid leave more bearable.

[onodera]

I think the lack of proper breeder licensing is a greater issue.

There are many people in the US that shouldn't have driver licenses, like you. What makes you think the DBP won't hand out breeder licenses to everyone?

[onodera]

Americans get paid more, making a lack of paid leave more bearable.

They get paid the same as the Germans, who have the longest parental leave in G20.

[Bereta_Eder]

**** the US.
They are nazis.
They have multicultural aspect but one look beyond their neoliberal facade and their true colors show.

**** their model. European social state all the way.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

They get paid the same as the Germans, who have the longest parental leave in G20.

Germans have like 1 child per woman.

[Bereta_Eder]

And it appears we'll have to protect our social state with force.
Bring it on ****ers.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Force? No one's invading and occupying Greece. Go ahead and leave the eurozone and the EU, I'm sure everyone will get along better without you.

[N35t0r]

If you aren't important enough to demand and get paid leave, then your son deserves either food and a roof, or to be with you, but not both.

You can always work full time and hire a mexican maid to raise your kids for you, that's the proper american way.

[Bereta_Eder]

Oh.
We can't.
We're afraid of Turkey.
(it has modern weaponry. ts. ts.)

[Bereta_Eder]

If you aren't important enough to demand and get paid leave, then your son deserves either food and a roof, or to be with you, but not both.

You can always work full time and hire a mexican maid to raise your kids for you, that's the proper american way.

Philipines or albanian in Greece.
The kids learn perfect english or albanian (if they are upper class)

[Bereta_Eder]

I mean, really, **** the angloamerican model.
It's forced.
So Putin keep shining those nuke heads.
You'll never know when they'd come handy.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Oh.
We can't.
We're afraid of Turkey.
(it has modern weaponry. ts. ts.)

Crap. I guess the Turks are the real Nazis.