Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Expecting Twin Girls
September 01 2015 - 7:24AM
Dow Jones News
By Lisa Beilfuss
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is expecting twins,
Mayer announced via her blog Tuesday.
"Since my pregnancy has been healthy and uncomplicated and since
this is a unique time in Yahoo's transformation," Ms. Mayer wrote,
"I plan to approach the pregnancy and delivery as I did with my son
three years ago, taking limited time away and working
throughout."
Ms. Mayer added that her twin girls are likely to arrive in
December.
In October 2012, Ms. Mayer had her first child, a son--three
months after she assumed the top spot at Yahoo.
The chief executive took criticism for her short maternity leave
and stirred up a discussion about the potential impact on working
moms.
Within a year of delivering her son, Ms. Mayer extended Yahoo's
parental leave policy to 16 weeks of paid leave for mothers and
eight weeks for fathers. In addition, Yahoo gives new parents $500
to spend on expenses such as laundry, housecleaning, food or child
care.
Recently, companies including Netflix Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
have announced new maternity and paternity leave policies, with
Netflix now offering up to a year of paid leave--generous even by
the high standards of Silicon Valley and a move that may pressure
other technology employers to improve their baby benefits as they
vie for talent.
Write to Lisa Beilfuss at lisa.beilfuss@wsj.com
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 01, 2015 07:09 ET (11:09 GMT)
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