Welcome to Parenthood: Where Sleep is a Myth and Paid Leave a Fairy Tale

Demoted

Demoted Productions

Comedy, Business, Careers

4.8 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Go to https://zbiotics.com/DEMOTED and use DEMOTED at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Trading sleepless nights at the office for sleepless nights with a baby? Better check your parental leave policy! From the hilarious chaos and unexpected sweetness of life with a newborn (hear all about it from Ross!) to the crucial topic of parental leave, we’re tackling all things parental this week. Join us as we navigate those sleep-deprived nights, the work-life balance shift, and the state of parental leave in the US. We’ll get real about why the US lags behind, give you some new-parent survival tips, and answer a listener’s question about taking leave. Tune in! Go to https://cornbreadhemp.com/DEMOTED and use promo code DEMOTED for 30% off your first order We want to hear from you! Send in your Corporate Confessions, Dear Demoted questions, and Shout-outs right here: https://forms.gle/nJc667dUL65Xh63C6

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0:00.0	Considering having a kid, but you work a corporate job.
0:02.2	Well, you might want to do a little research on the maternity or paternity leave.
0:05.3	The United States is the only first world country without any guaranteed paid parental leave at the national level.
0:11.6	We did research on the companies that are doing it best.
0:13.6	And companies who are, let's just say, whacking.
0:15.8	I never thought about this stuff when I was younger in my career.
0:18.2	The thought didn't even cross my mind. For all things,
0:21.0	Matt and Pat leave, tune in to this week's episode of Demoted.
0:36.7	Hey, Daddy, Hey, Daddy. Hey, Daddy. Hey, Daddy. hey, daddy, hey, hey, there's a new corporate dad in town.
0:40.8	Woo!
0:41.6	Ooh, ooh.
0:42.2	Oh, his name is Ross.
0:43.1	By the time they listen to this, though, it's going to be what?
0:45.0	Oh, I don't know.
0:45.5	You'll have probably already written like a million corporate bits about being a dad.
0:49.4	Fishy's going to be in boarding school at this point. Fish you'll actually be, yeah, a teenager. I think by the time this episode releases.
0:55.4	As we record this, he is actually at 927 this morning.
0:59.5	He hit two weeks old.
1:00.8	Oh.
1:01.9	It was so funny when he turned 24 hours.
1:04.7	He's like, damn, my son's growing up.
1:06.7	He's grown up.
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