Adobe Takes Yesterday's News from Netflix
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Last week, Netflix put the entire human resources industry on its newly streamed derrière when it offered all of its employees to take unlimited maternity or paternity leave during the first year after their child’s birth or adoption.
Out of nowhere, the video company decided that would be a great way to dominate an entire news cycle. It worked so well that other businesses got together to show off how much they loved their own employees.
Enter Microsoft into the parental fray.
The software giant’s announcement came only days after Netflix in announcing that it would increase fully paid maternity leave from eight to 20 weeks, adding two more weeks of leave before the end of a pregnancy “to manage the physical impact that often comes with late pregnancy and to prepare for the upcoming birth.”
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