Punch to Paycheck

Of course they can. But there are obvious rebuttals, the most obvious being, “What’s the alternative? Do we think it’s better for our careers to harm our children?”

A recent survey conducted in the United Kingdom that finds that the more generous a company/country is with maternity leave, the less likely that company/country is to have women in managerial roles.

(In the U.K.) one in three women (39 per cent) said they found going back to work after having a baby ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’, with 31 per cent saying their relationship with their boss had deteriorated since they had become pregnant.

This is what all those women’s magazines are talking about when they talk about balance. The one thing they leave out, though, is that it’s almost impossible to achieve. But a human resources professional is supposed to avert these kinds of disasters… and violations. After all, maternity leave is more than just a payroll headache, right?

What do you think? Read more about the survey here: http://www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com/press-office/press-releases/view/184