22 weeks in management consulting; men get 14 weeks. Husband in tech and got 6 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:Zero for men. Wonen use STD

if your company offers it and the plan covers pregnancy.

Lost 2600,ml of blood had postpartum hypertension and infection. Did not qualify.

12 months at 55% of pay or 18 months at 33%. All Canadians get this I believe, industry doesn’t matter.

Utility Company- 3 months for mothers and fathers.

Nonprofit and six weeks which is abysmal for the DC area.

Zero for men. Wonen use STD

Home improvement contractor. It was about seven years ago that we got our policy for maternity/paternity leave: four weeks for either parent. We're small so only one person has ever used it.

Like for many older folks, these things did not exist when I became a parent. I'm glad to see this is becoming more common.

Previous job offered 20 weeks fully paid for both primary and secondary caregivers, including if you adopted or used a surrogate.

Current job offers 14 weeks fully paid for primary caregiver and 4 weeks for secondary. Also includes biological, adopted, or foster child.

0, government contractor. Can only use accrued sick and vacation leave. Only up to 2 weeks sick max plus vacation but we only get 10 days sick + 12 days vacation so to get 6 weeks (bare minimum needed to recover) that means essentially 1.5 years of taking no vacation or sick leave to accrue enough.
DH works as fed so he gets 12 weeks.

I work in political consulting, as does my husband (at different companies with different specialties, though both tech focused).

I got 12 weeks. He got 16 weeks.

Incredible that we are still having this conversation in 2026…people please vote for leaders that will make maternity and paternity leave available to everyone in the USA. At least six months full pay. So that we don’t have to guess how much or how little we can get based on where we work. It’s should be equal across the board. Companies that don’t pay their fair share in taxes can afford it, believe me. It’s time the US is at par like other westernized countries tries on this planet and offer it.

1 year, European embassy.

0, education

We are allowed to use up to 6 weeks of sick leave if we have it banked, and then anything else is unpaid. (Mother only, father can take 6 personal days)

Spouse is in consulting, both mother and father can have 3 months paid leave.

Public Accounting Firm.

6mo fully paid and available to be taken at any point within the first year of birth.

What industry do you work in?