Twitter boss Elon Musk has slashed the corporate’s paid parental leave policy from 20 weeks to only 14 days, in line with internal company documents.
The San Francisco-based social media platform altered its previous policy to “whatever is required by law within the region where the workers work, together with a ‘top up’ of two weeks of leave,” wrote Recent York Times reporter Kate Conger, who cited the inner memo.
There isn’t a national policy for paid family leave. Nonetheless, the Family and Medical Leave Act gives certain employees “unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons” for a period of as much as 12 weeks.
Musk’s change in policy puts Twitter employees in search of additional paid leave on the mercy of the state wherein they live.
There are 12 states that supply some type of paid family and medical leave. In California, state law allows employees to take as much as eight weeks of paid leave.
Recent York and Recent Jersey allows for 12 weeks of paid leave, in addition to unpaid, job-protected leave of as much as 26 weeks.
Rhode Island has essentially the most generous policy, allowing employees 30 weeks of paid leave.
Response online to the billionaire’s latest policy was scathing.
“Two weeks! What do they expect 2 weeks and the kid might be going to the lavatory on his own.?!..as an ex tweep and as a parent I cannot relate to this,” one Twitter user wrote.
“As a former Twitter worker that oversaw US LOA (leave of absence) and rolled out the 20 week policy in 2016, that is DEPRESSING,” tweeted Tina Forrest.
“I’m so sorry to listen to of the amazing policies/programs which might be being dismantled.”
One other Twitter user blasted Musk as “misogynistic and anti-worker.”
One current Twitter worker took to the social media platform Blind to rail against Musk, writing sarcastically: “Still love the neatest man on the planet?”
“Elon can go throw himself off a cliff,” one other Blind user wrote.
Other Twitter users blasted Musk for his previous statements concerning the urgency of accelerating the worldwide birthrate.
The Post has sought comment from Twitter.
Tech firms vying for top talent have historically been amongst essentially the most generous private sector firms in offering parental leave to their employees that go above and beyond those required by law.
Google’s parental leave policy allows for fathers to take as much as 16 weeks while moms can receives a commission while bonding with their newborn for twenty-four weeks.
Brooklyn-based online marketplace Etsy offers its employees a generous leave policy of 26 weeks fully paid.
Musk, considered one of the world’s richest tycoons by virtue of his stake in electric automobile maker Tesla, bought Twitter in a highly leveraged deal value $44 billion last fall.
Since taking on, Musk has instituted radical changes, including shedding greater than 70% of the corporate’s workforce — which numbered 7,500 before the acquisition last yr and which has now been whittled all the way down to some 2,000 employees.
The Twitter boss has also made several cost-cutting moves including revoking perks and privileges resembling allowances for things like “wellness,” home web and WiFi costs, companywide activities referred to as “Camp Twitter,” and daycare costs.
Twitter has also slashed cell phone allowances in addition to money meant to cover work-related travel expenses.
Musk’s cash-strapped company has been searching for ways to spice up revenue after advertisers fled the location within the weeks and months following the mogul’s acquisition of the corporate.
The MTA announced on Thursday that it should not provide real-time service alerts on Twitter for the reason that platform began charging an exorbitant price for the integral feature that enables such posts.
