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Originally Posted by EvoFire
You can take time off now without taking away from the wife.
If wife takes 12 months, you can get 6 weeks (1 week waiting + 5 weeks EI)
If wife takes 18 months, you can get 9 weeks (1 week waiting + 8 weeks EI)
I did the 9 weeks with the first one. It was great.
I was originally planning to take 6 weeks for the baby coming in Jan. But I just got laid off so I don't think it'll be great for me to start a new job and be like adios for 6 weeks. That's if I start a new job by the time baby is here.
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Tech layoff? I was laid off in August and am starting up my new gig on Monday.
Fingers crossed that you get a job where they're flexible with this. When my first was coming I accepted an offer and gave the company the option to wait till I was done with parental leave or that I was going to disappear for a month a few weeks after I started. They were cool with the latter so come my 4th week the baby shows up and "adios!" - they even paid me for that month off at full pay.
If I had a second I'd take 2 months off at the beginning and then I'd take another month once my wife was back to work. The very beginning is just kinda crazy and I'd want a month of being a stay at home dad.