Caring for your infant can be magical and mind-expanding, but it’s labour too. We all need respite from the rat race, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Ideally a temp would fill the position while the parent is on leave. At least that’s how my company handled it recently. We still couldn’t wait for our coworker to come back because she was really good at her job, but the work got done regardless of any hiccups due to the temp learning her position.
I don’t have kids by choice, so this has zero effect on me, but parental leave is kinda important and companies that shove the workload onto everyone else is what causes this resentment.
Ideally a temp would fill the position while the parent is on leave. At least that’s how my company handled it recently. We still couldn’t wait for our coworker to come back because she was really good at her job, but the work got done regardless of any hiccups due to the temp learning her position.
I don’t have kids by choice, so this has zero effect on me, but parental leave is kinda important and companies that shove the workload onto everyone else is what causes this resentment.