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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a new fed and I find the whole concept of leave bank to be borderline offensive. [b]The govt is asking people for essentially monetary donations to colleagues and making colleagues beg each other for money instead of setting up a system that pays for emergency coverage.[/b] It’s so inappropriate.[/quote]

Govt is not asking, your collogues are asking. Govt's job is to facilitate and make it possible to donate. Your leaves are for emergency/non emergency uses. There are other products you can purchase to cover yourself. Most people (like OP) don't. [/quote]

That's not the point. It's essentially a thinly disguised GoFundMe. How humiliating for people to have to ask, and I find it surprising to be asked for monetary donations at work.[/quote]
If you are too humiliated, then don’t ask. Federal employees are very caring and we all understand and want to donate. If you just want free money, you’re out of luck. Op should have purchased STD. Many of us fought to have STD options available to us. When I started working and wanted to have a baby there wasn’t anything open to me. I didn’t have enough AL/SL as a new fed and we were prohibited from STD like aflac. I’m glad STD exists now. [/quote]

Did you ever price out STD? We did. Pregnancy coverage was only offered if you had coverage for the previous 12 months. It still didn’t pay out on day 1 after delivery- you basically needed a c-section or complications to receive anything. And there were caps on coverage that meant you’d never get very much more than you paid in during those earlier 12 months.[/quote]

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