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So What If Yahoo's New Dads Get Less Leave Than Moms? 832

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:35PM from the what-about-occasional-babysitters? dept.

Dawn Kawamoto writes "Yahoo rolled out an expanded maternity/paternity policy that doubled the family leave for moms to 16 weeks. But new dads at Yahoo get only 8 weeks. It turns out that Yahoo is not the only Fortune 500 company to short-shrift news dads. But, really, do new dads think it's worth crying over? Hmmm...changing diapers or cleaning up code — both are messy, but one smells less."

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"...one smells less" (Score:5, Funny)

by bradgoodman ( 964302 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:36PM (#43613057) Homepage

Which one is that?

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Re:"...one smells less" (Score:5, Funny)

by stewsters ( 1406737 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:38PM (#43613091)

At Yahoo, a company with legacy code dating back to 1995, I think you can guess.

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How men could use this (Score:4, Funny)

by xxxJonBoyxxx ( 565205 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:41PM (#43613147)

1) To wife: "If all goes well I'm taking a week off after the baby comes."
2) To work: "I'm taking all eight weeks off."
3) Enjoy seven weeks of 8-5 freedom.

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Re:As a guy that was a stay at home dad for 7 year (Score:5, Funny)

by Literaphile ( 927079 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:45PM (#43613211)

Nothing motivates you better to go back to the grind of corporate work than 7 years of shitty diapers. I love my kids, but 7 years of diapers was enough. Much happier with a regular paycheck and a nanny.
Maybe your problem was leaving your kids in diapers until they were 7?

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Re:Equal rights (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:48PM (#43613243)

Childfree people are being discriminated against because they get no leave. I should be able to take leave to take care of my cat.

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Re:As a guy that was a stay at home dad for 7 year (Score:5, Funny)

by avandesande ( 143899 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:49PM (#43613271) Journal

Gross! You're supposed to change them at least once a day, aren't you?

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Re:"...one smells less" (Score:5, Funny)

by NoNonAlphaCharsHere ( 2201864 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:49PM (#43613281)

Yup. I'll take a huge diaperfull of steamy pungent poo over server-side Perl every time.

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Re:Sweden, 1 year (Score:5, Funny)

by Stargoat ( 658863 ) writes: <stargoat@gmail.com> on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:51PM (#43613299) Journal

A MÃÃse once bit my sister ...

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Re:Sweden, 1 year (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:53PM (#43613327)

Those responsible for the maternity leave discrimination have been sacked.

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Re:Equal rights (Score:4, Funny)

by CanHasDIY ( 1672858 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:00PM (#43613463) Homepage Journal

Men are usually more violent.
Watch it, or I'll kick your ass!

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Re:Equal rights (Score:5, Funny)

by Frosty Piss ( 770223 ) * writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:01PM (#43613469)

You are wrong. It is a life event, not a yearly occurrence...
Clearly you are not Catholic, Mormon, or from the Bible Belt.

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Re:Sweden, 1 year (Score:5, Funny)

by jonathanjespersen ( 1162397 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:08PM (#43613599)

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

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Re: Equal rights (Score:5, Funny)

by pspahn ( 1175617 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:29PM (#43613957)

Sounds like Sweden would be a great place to plop out some triplets.

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Re:Equal rights (Score:4, Funny)

by pspahn ( 1175617 ) writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:35PM (#43614045)

8 weeks is a long time to recover from child birth.
Not really. I'm sure Justin Beiber's mother is still on the mend.

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Re:Equal rights (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday May 02, 2013 @04:50PM (#43614221)

"Yeah guys, Conservatives are super easy to find in California - you just have to go where nobody lives."

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