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[quote=Anonymous]My boss said congrats (he's a great guy) and then said he would talk to the finance/HR guy and figure out what leave options were available. He came back and said that we offered six weeks paid, and then beyond that I could use PTO/sick time from both this year and next year. I was very nice about it, but I explained that I needed 12 weeks. We're a progressive company, and I felt that six was inadequate. I am also a woman in tech, and the first woman to have a baby at our company in about six years. I ended up taking my case up to the CEO (it's a small company, only about 60 people) and he said he didn't like to make exceptions, but he would talk to the lawyer and the finance guy, and see what he could do. They bumped the whole company up to 9 weeks! I felt really good about it. I then said I'd be taking two weeks of my own leave, and I'd be fine coming off payroll for the final week, but the CEO said "that wasn't necessary" and that last week was kinda hand-wavy.

All in all, I was very pleased with how it all went down. I was also in a strong position (well liked, long time employee, and one of the few women on the tech team at a tech company that was trying to better at hiring and retaining women) so I'm glad that I was able to make things better for people who will come along after me (and there was another pregnancy the next year!)[/quote]

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