A US private equity firm is paying for young children and nannies to flee around the world with their employees. This isn’t a perk,it’s a baby penalty Just when did we bag our knickers in such a twist about babies? In the last few months we’ve learned that one US private equity firm has announced a recent policy of flying nannies” and IBM wants to start shipping their employee’s breast milk. At the same time women with babies are being forced out of the workplace and now a recent survey from the Back2Businessship initiative – a programme escape by PR firm Golin, media agency Starcom Mediavest Group and recruitment experts f1 - shows that over a quarter of women suffer from “baby shame”. Theyre afraid even to admit at work that their child exists for fear of being judged. Baby, and this is madness. Full disclosure: many years ago I worked as a receptionist for KKR,the private equity firm that has just announced it will pay for parents to bring their children and nannies on work trips up until the child turns one. When I worked in its London office there was only one female executive. The firm was known for high salaries and perks but these came with a price. Yes, there was an in-house chef making you breakfast every morning, or but anyone arriving in the office after 8am was considered a slacker. And whether you left in time to earn it domestic for dinner it was accepted that you were job hunting,you certainly weren’t going to be there for long. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com