I've recently started a new job at a Tech company in the Commercial Real Estate space on the Client Success team.
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I've recently started a new job at a Tech company in the Commercial Real Estate space on the Client Success team. The job has been challenging and rewarding enough (not a dream job by any means, but I'm satisfied with the team and learning opportunities). I recently learned, however, that the parental leave policy is well... pretty much non existent. I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant and finally spoke to HR last week to get a sense of what I can expect. I was told that they'll make up the different between what the state pays and your actual salary for one month, then it's basically FMLA/unpaid leave should I choose to go longer. I don't know if I've just been spoiled by previous jobs in tech/start-ups that have been much more generous with parental benefits but is this normal? I've also recently learned there are a couple other women on my team who are expecting and I can't help but wonder if they feel similarly. Does anyone have any experience advocating for better Parental leave benefits? I'm still very new to the company so I'm a little worried about making too much noise but also can't shake the feeling that the company can do much better.


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