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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We provide our nanny with a generous leave package each year.  She typically uses every single day of her leave throughout the year, but she is allowed to keep it and roll it over from year to year.  We're moving across the country this summer so she won't be with us anymore but I know she's planning to try to get pregnant soon and I do wonder about what her maternity leave situation will be with a new employer.  We said from the beginning that we'd pay her out any unused leave, but she plans to use it all up before then.  I used to work for the federal government as a GS-11, so I had however many sick and personal days that came with.  I saved my leave for the first few years and then took it when I had my twins.  I had to take a few days of leave without pay, but I sprinkled them throughout and the financial hit was minimal.  I took 14 weeks off total, 98% of which was paid by my leave.  To be honest, it was difficult to listen to the women who weren't going to have much or any paid maternity leave complain when they had been taking multiple-week vacations for the previous five years.  I had planned and saved and sacrificed because I knew the rules and as a result, I had paid maternity leave.  I'm all for requiring companies to provide paid leave to their employees, but I do think a lot of people are rubbed the wrong way by those who want fully paid maternity leave on top of regular leave.  It's a huge burden for smaller companies, and even if it's paid out of taxes, someone is paying for it.  [/quote]

I know it's hard to imagine, but a lot of feds are new employees (we start at 0 leave and accrue. A lot of private sector gives you leave as a new employee). Or have existing issues that they already use their leave for.

My first maternity leave was mostly paid because I saved up. My second and third were almost entirely unpaid. I never could accumulate any sick leave once I had kids because I spent every winter extremely sick from the kids. [/quote]

I'm guessing you're being sarcastic, because obviously I was a new employee at one point as well.  And at that point, with no leave, it didn't make sense to have a kid.  I'm sure others will flame me as well, but you did make the decision to have three kids with unpaid maternity leave for your second two.  I get that it's much harder to save leave once you have one kid.  I guess I just don't get why others should entirely subsidize one's choice to have as many children as they want.  And in case anyone asks, I voted for Clinton.[/quote]

But what would it cost my agency to give me paid leave? They weren't hiring a temp. They actually profited off me not being there and the same amount of work got done (they shifted half to coworkers and then half was left waiting for me)[/quote]

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