Netflix允许员工无限休产假 可这真的是好事？

[摘要]你在休假的时候，公司里的一切都在发生变化，等你回到公司，发现自己落伍了。

Netflix今日宣布对其员工福利政策进行了一项重大修改：员工们想休多长时间的带薪产假都行。

当然，说是无限期其实还是有一定合理期限的，带薪产假最长期限为孩子出生后的12个月。如果有必要的话，员工们还可以在销假后再次申请休产假。鉴于美国现在尚未将产假列为法定假期，Netflix宣布的这项政策无疑是一项慷慨的政策。

但是听到这个消息后，我并未感到兴奋，反而感觉很可怕。对于女性来说，要想找到一份职位高、报酬高的工作是非常困难的。休一段超长的产假，让其他人来取代我，这样的事我简直想都不敢想。

你认为当你休完产假回来时公司会将你安排到什么岗位上？一切还会跟12个月之前你离开时一样吗？

你在休假的时候，公司里的一切都在发生变化，尤其是对于Netflix这样发展迅猛的公司来说尤甚。当你回到公司的时候，你会发现新的团队、新的产品和新的战略都跟你没什么关系，你变得无足轻重了。

美国一些最有权势的女性技术高管比如玛丽莎·梅耶尔（Marissa Mayer）和谢瑞尔·桑德伯格（Sheryl Sandberg）都承认自己只休了几个星期的产假，梅耶尔甚至还说她在休产假的几个星期里仍在坚持工作。你以为梅耶尔如此拼命是因为她是控制狂还是心怀愧疚感？或许二者皆而有之。

虽然让孩子健康成长与工作同样重要，但是当你必须拥有一份工作才能让孩子健康成长的时候，这两者就很难平衡了。允许员工无限期休产假本身或许是处于好意，但是在现实的团队组织中或对于年轻的家庭来说，这样的规定有多大意义呢？

除非带薪产假被美国政府列为法定政策，否则人们总是会因为休产假而产生愧疚感并且担心自己与公司之间的关系会因此而变得紧致。

我承认这只是我个人的偏执观点，我相信有良心的公司会制定一套完备的计划以保证员工们休完产假后不会面临一个完全陌生的工作环境。但是我还是想向你们提出一个问题：无限期产假真有看起来那么好吗？（林靖东）

Why Netflix’s amazing unlimited maternity leave policy terrifies me

Today, Netflix announced a huge update to its employee benefits policy: Parents can now take a paid maternity or paternity leave for as long as they’d like.

That applies to the first year after their child’s birth. Parents can return and leave again as necessary (presumably, as long as that’s also cleared with their team). It’s an incredibly generous policy considering – as of 2015 – paid maternity leave is still not mandated in the United States.

Yet upon hearing the news, I found myself terrified by the idea of unlimited maternity leave. It’s hard enough for a woman to find a high level, well-paying job. The idea of an extended absence and letting someone else essentially replace me is a scary thought.

What are you supposed to do upon return? Pretend everything is as it was 12 months ago?

Think of all the things that could change with your company in the time you were gone, particularly in a fast-growing company like Netflix. New team members, products, strategies – all the things that may find you irrelevant by the time you walk back into office.

Some of America’s most powerful female tech executives, including Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg, admitted to taking just a few weeks of maternity leave; Mayer even said she worked through those weeks. Do you chalk that up to being a control freak, or a feeling of guilt? Maybe a little of both.

Giving your child a healthy upbringing is equally important as work, but it’s a tough balance when work is what you need to provide for your kids. Being allowed to jump to and back from work for extended periods is a neat idea, but I wonder how productive that is in a real life team setting, or with a young family.

Until paid parental leave is a mandated policy in America, there is always potential for guilt and fear that your workplace relationship will be strained if you decide to take an extended leave.

I admit it’s my paranoia speaking, and I trust that good companies will create a solid return plan so you’re not coming back to an entirely different workplace. But it’s a question I’d still love to pose to our readers: Is unlimited maternity leave as good as it sounds?

来源：腾讯科技