You should start “smoking”. Protected breaks every set timeframe. Your work doesn’t matter, you need to “chase the dragon” as it’s culturally protected. Why take a few months all at once for a kid when you can take 15 min over a longer time and rack up much more time overall?
Combine that with taking a dump at work and suddenly hours are devoted away from the task… maternity leave is just their version of work / life balance.
You should start “smoking”. Protected breaks every set timeframe. Your work doesn’t matter, you need to “chase the dragon” as it’s culturally protected. Why take a few months all at once for a kid when you can take 15 min over a longer time and rack up much more time overall?
Combine that with taking a dump at work and suddenly hours are devoted away from the task… maternity leave is just their version of work / life balance.