AIBU to ask about Amazon's Maternity Pay?

[AmazonMaternity]

Help! NC for this.

Been offered a job at Amazon's HQ in London.

Can any current / former staff tell me what their maternity pay is? Do they offer an enhanced policy and do you know how long you have to work there to be entitled to it?

TIA and sorry for boring post.

Don't know about maternity, but a friend worked for them managing a warehouse and his paternity was pretty generous - way over statutory.

No idea OP but I'm sure someone will be along soon who does know.

It would be a great MN feature to have the published mat / pat policies for all the big employers!

Shouldn't it be part of the offer?
Ask them - you don't need to ask specifically about Mat leave.

Thanks @LangClegsOpinionIsNoted - that's good to know. Presumably if they offer enhanced paternity they will do the same for maternity.

What role is it for?

@Hingeandbracket I would like to be that forthright but it makes me nervous! No, I'm yet to work with any business who presents the mat policy upfront, sadly.

@bernardswatchplease legal / regulatory / risk / compliance type role.

Ask for the full employee benefits information including anything over statutory minimums to allow you to make an informed decision of their offer.

@catalogue thanks, that's nice wording. I fear that asking for "all their policies" would make me sound like a bit of a job's worth. Your wording is better.

Ask for the full benefits package (rather than maternity / paternity specifically) - and if they leave out paternity or maternity benefits then you could ask them specifically at that point.

This is what my friend said when she asked for the full benefits package of a company but they left out the maternity / paternity section:
"A quick delta of benefits package has highlighted you have no information on Maternity/Paternity leave. Whilst this isn’t currently an aspiration of mine I’d be interested in the details"

Haha @CatalogueUniverse beat me to it

oooo that's lovely @curiosity101!

"Whilst this isn't currently an aspiration of mine, I am currently TTC"

"Whilst this isn't currently an aspiration of mine, I am currently TTC"

Ah yes... might be a bit of stretch in your case

Do be aware that enhanced policies sometimes don't kick in until a certain period of time has passed with the company, often it's 12 months. Obviously they have to offer you up to 12 months of leave regardless of how long you've been in a role, but you could potentially end up on SMP if you conceived too quickly.

See if you can find it on FairyGodBoss. In the US it looks to be 14-20 weeks full pay depending on source.

Ask - they should send you a full run down as benefits as part of the offer

Yes, that's sort of what I'm thinking. My current employer offers a decent policy (I think 4 months full pay), but you have to have been with them for 2 years.

If Amazon ask for 12 months that's totally doable and I'm willing to put TTC on the back burner for a few months to bridge the gap.

Blimey, that's pretty good @LoopyLu2019 - particularly for the US.

I believe if you've been a full time employee for 6 months prior to the 11weeks before your due date then it should be the following
6 months full pay
3 months statutory
3 months of any of your benefits - eg car allowance or gym memberships etc

This guy might be able to help: [email protected].

Thanks @bernardswatchplease! That's really helpful. Do you work there? A thousand thank yous!

I know Microsoft Google and Salesforce all do 6 months full pay if you've been there at least 6 months. I hear Amazon do the same

@BorneoBabe HEHEHEHE

When you do find out please share as I'm sure it's the same as the list I've sent - I work for one I've mentioned

My husband works for amazon and had 6weeks paternity. Can’t remember the maternity package details but i remember it sounded generous! Will pop the details here later if nobody else comes along before me

Personally I wouldn't do it, I knew 3 women who blamed their miscarriages on the stress of working there in the 4 tears I worked there. All different roles and seniority. It's a very full on, 24/7 type of place once the initial excitement wears off.

Will do @bernardswatchplease.

Thanks @Muffin3 - if you remember later that would be brilliant.

@Christmadtree thank you for the warning.