Don't worry, he'll be getting a severance larger than you can ever imagine.

Yeah, but it's the rank and file employees who will now think "I'm not there to defend myself against being fired if I take maternity/paternity leave" who will suffer most. The ones who won't be getting a severance larger than you can ever imagine.

> Yeah, but it's the rank and file employees who will now think "I'm not there to defend myself against being fired if I take maternity/paternity leave"

If an executive is gunning for a rank and file employee, there is no defending yourself except through wrongful termination lawsuits, etc. Being sat in the office when it happens won't help you save your job from an executive that wants you gone.

The severance is on top of the $20M worth of TWTR stock he already holds, according to public records. Plus whatever other assets he holds, which I would presume to be not insubstantial. I think he'll be OK.

What difficulties do you think a highly-paid exec is going to face?

Yeah, it sends a pretty clear message discouraging other execs and high-level employees from taking parental leave.

what should they have done? waited til he returned? they very likely are giving him a severance, so why wait?

yes, they should have waited... paternity leave isn't vacation, it's leave you're taking because you're living in stressful conditions that make it hard to get things done

that said, in this case this guy's likely a millionaire so it's less of a big deal... kind of rude though