We need better paternity leaves in India. Most corporates give 2 weeks paternity leave.

Exactly bro I got only 2 weeks. Mostly time to hospital m hi chale Gaya. Ab firse office start. 😓

Tech Lead

Consultant

Product Designer

Ask for work from home until kid is one year. Also hire a maid to help with house hold.  
  
 You both can spend quality time with the baby. A new mom need some 'me time' too.

Technical Lead

Well, is there a way to do work from home? Or possible to switch? Try to do that, if you ask for a long leave in these times you will put an crosshair on ur back to get laid off.

Software Engineer

Get that newborn working on some spreadsheets! /s

How to manage workload with new born baby. I just had a baby and feeling a lot of pressure with office work as well as parenting.  I want to give lot of time to my baby but it's not getting possibl...

How to manage workload with new born baby. I just had a baby and feeling a lot of pressure with office work as well as parenting. 
I want to give lot of time to my baby but it's not getting possible. My wife is on paternity leave and doing most of the baby work. I feels like I am missing lot of things in this phase of my child. 
Please suggest something.

Workload with new born

Workload with new born- Grapevine

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I’m a functional head, new dad and struggling to find my balance with work and parenting. Any tips? How do I win both parenting and work? Right now the split is more like 70-80% parenting, but 20-30% work. Need to balance it out

Any tips for a new dad trying to balance work while being a functional head

Head Of Marketing

Dear Fellas,

I hope who so ever is reading this post is doing great.

I need a personal advice from all of you who have started 30's journey with a wife and newly born kid ( 2-3 months old).

I am working with analytics role with a Edtech renowned company for 2 years now. Due to following reason I feel like I to switch :

1. Job insecurity ( lay offs) - (however they don't have any replacement to my role.)
2. Very short sighted leaders.
3. Very low increments even with maximum ratings.
4. Sir & Ma'am like culture.
5. They poke for working from home even with genuine reasons.
6. Strictly time bounded culture. 
7. Less chances for promotion as sometimes I give priority to my personal life.


So I want a suggestion that does it sound good to rejoin to  the analytics consulting roles. Will that make my life easy or this is not the right time looking at the market situation.

Managing a 2 months old baby with work

Business Analyst

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I became a new father like a week ago and I work in hardware. It’s already very hectic and has low reward mechanisms. Within next week I will have to leave my baby & wife in the hometown with better care and attention to earn my living in the city. Its not like my org is forcing me & is calling me, in-fact they are nicest I have seen but wish ke thoda time aur hota with zero regrets.

Wish I had work from home!

Product Owner

Hi guys ,currently working in a renowned organization.I have around 10 years of experience in operations.i am new mother looking for a work place where I can balance my family and my work.I am really stressed please help if you can refer me at Deloitte and Mastercard or any other organization where women are treated well

New mother actively looking for a job

Finance Operations

Everyone knows about the relatively young median age we have India. So consequently, we are going to be having a burst of newly weds and their subsequent kids. This would also be a generation where we see both parents working instead of one parent staying home(rent ain't cheap).

So, few questions to new parents who are both working jobs: 
What were major problems/stressors you faced in early years of parenting ? (Specifically between 0-2 years of age where babies require alot of care) 

What parts of early years of parenting strained your work life the most?

What parts of the early years of parenting gave you guys the most joy?

Would love to know more.

New Indian parents, What are your problems?

Machine Learning Engineer

7yoe Sde here. We are expecting a baby in a couple of months and I've got an offer from a series A funded startup for 45L+7L equity . Currently I'm earning 30Lpa including variable pay in a product based company with good financial records , wife works in WITCH . What are the criterias to consider for evaluating the startup and the offer. Is it worth it to switch now ?

Switching jobs while wife is pregnant

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I’m a working mother. Also a nursing mom living without husband. My stress level has reached new heights due to work and client pressure.

Software Developer

I have seen pseudo feminism happening everywhere around which has just wasted everyone’s time and energy over debating for false narratives. Does feminism really matter or it brought any change in corporate lives. If yes then why still pay parity exist and why projects have been given on the basis of gender but not on the basis of skill and experience? What’s your take on this ?

Has feminism ever been useful ?

[Borderline LinkedIn Cringe] Does everything have to be done with the intention of proving men wrong? Is this the message you want to send as a CEO?

(Glad there are women disagreeing with her in the OP though)

What's your take on this?

Program Manager

Fellow parents, what's one piece of advice you wish you'd known before having your first child?

New parent feeling overwhelmed

I am currently expecting, and while I am overjoyed about this new chapter in my life, I've also been facing some unique challenges in balancing my personal and professional responsibilities. 

I believe that some of you have been through similar experiences, and your insights would mean the world to me.

I had a few questions on:

1. When and how did you choose to disclose your pregnancy to your colleagues and superiors? 

2. How did you handle any potential changes in workload or responsibilities?

3. How do you stay energized and focused during the workday, especially in the later stages of pregnancy?

I understand that everyone's experiences are unique, but I believe your advice and insights can provide valuable guidance during this exciting but sometimes challenging time. Please feel free to share some stories that you're comfortable with.

How do I cope with the challenges of Pregnancy while maintaining professionalism?

Product Manager

I'm 5 months into it and now suddenly I do not feel like joining back.. work-life balance at current firm sucks.. I'm dreading leaving my child alone. How do I quit and apply at a firm where my work life balance is respected?

How do I quit my job after my maternity leave

Currently i am facing too many tasks that my manager is assigning to me. because of this i am not able to focus on other life activities like gym, swimming, etc. i log in at 8 and work till 8 , also i get very exhausted after coming from office.!? What should i do.!? Also the performance review week is near i.e next month.!?

Zero Work Life Balance..!!

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Hi friends,

I have one year baby. Last week I joined Capgemini.
Please let me know if  Capgemini is offering wfh. Are there any child care policies available in Capgemini. Please msg here

Capgemini wfh for new mom

Data engineer

Am I the asshole?

After a few months clear to me an employee was taking company for a ride. Average a few days a week in the office, otherwise sick/on errands, delivered no work. CTC 55L.

Before I could fire her, she announced she was taking Maternity leave a few months into the job. Well crap guess I need to pay her for 6 more months more because of laws I don't understand. Rip my bank account.

She returns, same issues. I put her on a pip & she resigned telling me I'm sexist and it will be hard to find a new job now. I say sorry, performance was bad, she can do pip and stay if things are better. She askes for 2 months salary and i agree.

A lawyer calls telling me I need to pay more or they will file a case. Said I discriminated to her, and it's not legal.

I think this person is a bully/psycho/self entitled. But am I the asshole?

AITAH? Fired a lady after maternity.

Thats how things play.  
 Sometimes things are genuine sometimes u come across opportunists. You can never fully get to know what is the actual situation. 
  
 She might have genuine problems but if the conduct aint good, to hell with it.  
 She might be faking it to retrieve more money,

Investor

howdy!!


Folks I need your inputs please. I am a single parent to two kids and have a full time job which is basically the only financial source and now WFH is ending and my problem is:

1. With the role n responsibilities i am fully booked for office work and not able to take care of the kids or house like i want to

2. Even if i hire someone like nanny i still thinking of their safety and activities they r doing bcoz i want to engage them is teaching or making them learn spend time with them as they grow be there for them ( bcoz i know how lonely it is to have working parents) so i don’t want them left with nanny bcoz i believe money can be made again but their childhood will not return 

3. Even if i get a WFH role, my time, energy and thinking capabilities will be taken up by the job only again leaving me less energetic, time to care for my kids

4 Everyone is against me leaving the job bcoz that’s the only financial source I have but i want to shift my stream maybe join as a school admin or start a food business that i can handle without much of mental stress but the pay will be way less

So I am looking for something which gives me the time and mental peace to spend and raise my kids with a decent money to meet the needs. 

What can i do???  please tell me any other way out or a guaranteed income source along with being with my kids

Your thoughts plz

Women who have rejoined rat race after pregnancy 

I have ultimate respect for you. Pregnancy is not easy. Post paturm is not easy. Working a job while having a new born baby is definitely not easy.

But if your answers are about this, rather than the skills I am hiring for, how do I make a judgement if you can do the job?

I think bit of it stems from them feeling left out, guilty of taking a break. Why can't they view it as a challenging phase of life and focus on their individuality.

Easier said than done, but sincerely HR who doesn't know if I can hire you

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