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[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]

There's an easy (and family friendly) solution to this though: make leave after the birth of a child available to either parent rather than just the mother.  Europe is moving in this direction and, though it will take time for the attitudes and society to change (including equal take up), it means that business can't assume that only women might take time off for this life changing event. [/quote]

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