Internal company documents reveal that Twitter is planning to reduce its paid parental leave from 20 weeks to just 2 weeks. This new development appears to be in lieu of reducing costs and maximizing company profits.
In a recent development reported by the New York Post, Elon Musk is planning to reduce paid parental leave from 20 weeks to just 2 weeks. The New York Post reported on this plan through citing internal company documents. This is one of the many changes being implemented and planned after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter.
The news provoked outrage among the online community, criticizing Musk for being insensitive to parental needs. Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the company has been widely criticized since the beginning due to what some call his “outrageous” policies for Twitter.
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Musk is trying to get around state laws by only providing the minimum parental leave required by different state laws
Ever since his takeover of Twitter, Elon musk is persistently trying to minimize company costs and increase profits. In a statement he has said that Twitter used to run like a nonprofit organization when it is in fact completely opposite of that. He had stated that his major goal with Twitter is to make it a profitable company.
After introducing changes like making the blue tick accessible to anyone willing to buy the Twitter Blue subscription, cutting down several employees benefits such as free lunch, laying off almost 50 percent of Twitter’s total workforce around the globe, and shutting down multiple offices, Musk is now reportedly planning to reduce paid parental leaves to save the company money and improve profits.
There is currently no federal law mandating paid parental leave across the United States of America, but there are certain state laws that protect parental job security during paid and unpaid parental leaves.
According to reports, Musk is trying to get around what the law requires by only providing the mandatory leave required in a state with a top limit of 14 days.
Twitter officials have not yet confirmed the reports and it is up to see what does Twitter finally settle upon concerning paid and unpaid parental leave.
The reports have inspired online outrage against Elon Musk and Twitter
This new development is being criticized heavily in the media. People are calling out Musk to be a hypocrite as someone who preaches that birthrates need to exponentially increase around the world is giving his employees indirect motivations to not have children.
Others are speculating that these latest developments come in lieu of the company’s financial troubles, adding that only companies on the verge of bankruptcy make these kinds of decisions.
There are concerns raised all over this possibility because if Twitter actually does decide to implement this policy, it will give no time to new mothers to recover from such a significant event as giving birth.
It might also lead to the widening of gender pay gaps as new mothers will have the dilemma of choosing between keeping their jobs and not being able to properly care for themselves and their babies, or tending to their babies and potentially losing their jobs.
Elon Musk’s takeover of the multi-billionaire company has already put a significant amount of people out of jobs due to mass layoffs. The company, which used to have around 8,000 employees, has now been reduced to only 1,500 employees.
It is now left to be seen if Twitter decides to implement the parental leave policy, how will the remaining workforce be affected.
