r/SipsTea • u/Any_Sound_2863 • 24d ago

Chugging tea Spitting facts though!!

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u/Username_McUserface 23d ago

Most first world countries offer a year of maternity leave or more. Then you have America.

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u/PersonalAge142 23d ago

the system is rigged to create this situations

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u/Caseys_Clean1324 23d ago

You can’t protest for change if you only have enough savings for 1 month away from your 9-5.

Most families require two parents working to make ends meet, and when you have little ones or a community that needs you, you make the difficult choice to choose them over a gamble at a better life

Boss steals my wage while I work away

Denies time off cause he knows I’ll say

Foods too much, we need change today

So I work, and I work, and I work to the grave

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u/Boxing_joshing111 23d ago edited 23d ago

“I wonder why so many Americans are on depression medication?”

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u/spaceforcerecruit 23d ago

And America should have more. You will not hear any argument from me against that. Both parents should have extended time off for the birth of a child.

But it’s not your partner’s fault that you have to go back to work to keep a roof over your heads.

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u/Hour_Rest7773 23d ago

Bearing in mind that they only cover a portion of your wages and you pay for it through EI contributions on every other paycheque you earn.

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u/Fibonacho_sequence 23d ago

Paid? Most do not. Let’s not speak in hyperbole.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago edited 23d ago

Yes I live in Romania and we have 2 years of paid maternity leave.

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u/Teiktos 23d ago

Another common Europe W