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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It happens, but it's a shitty thing to do.[/quote]
How is this shittier than quitting under other circumstances?[/quote]

Because you're taking advantage of maternity leave policies that exist assuming you're coming back.[/quote]

Maternity leave doesn't exist.  She's taking annual leave and possibly a short term disability leave.

If companies actually had generous maternity leave then fewer women would be forced to do things like this.  There's a huge difference between going back at eight weeks and going back at six months.  [/quote]

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If we could only do 6 months to a year, think of all the happy babies and moms in the workplace (and dads too, for that matter). But it's just women sniping at each other instead of supporting each other.[/quote]

You should do some actual research on this.  Countries that have very generous maternity leave policies have worse track records when it comes to the promotion of women in the workforce.  Turns out employers don't like to hire women for responsible positions when they are likely to disappear for 6 months  and then you have to give them their job back.  Surprise, surprise. [/quote]

Yes.  I work a lot in the EU and theire are very few women with young/school age kids.  It's incredible.  And the women who do work have a terrible time finding childcare.  Ironically, they are envious of the opportunities we have here.[/quote]

Women in Europe are not envious of women here. They pity them. Going back to work when your baby is 6 weeks old is not a privilege. Having your job guaranteed for a year (or in some countries longer) is not something that holds women back. There are just as many successful professional women in Europe as there are here. The difference is that the public policy environment in Europe is supportive of working women having families. [/quote]

Pretty sure that statistics support what pp said, that countries with longer maternity leaves have fewer women in senior positions. http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/30/longer-maternity-leave-not-so-great-for-women-after-all/[/quote]

Correlation.

Many woman of all stripes choose not to move up. I'm a natural leader. I declined a promotion. I cherish my flexibility at at this point in my life I have a great balance, I was very clear with my reasons.  My DH would not have made the same choice. There are many women like myself. I have a friend who sold her very very successful marketing business for a 9-5 office job. She had a hard time finding work because they just couldn't understand why she would want a middle manager position. She's been at her company for a year and they keep trying to push her up.[/quote]

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