Facebook Apple egg freezing - Two tech giants in the industry have made a bold move with regards to perks involving female employees. Both Facebook and Apple have offered female employees the perks of having to freeze their eggs at a cost reaching $20,000. All this is said to be an effort to attract even more females to the workspace.
The Facebook Apple egg freezing hype began early for the social networking site this year. Whereas for Apple, the tech giant is set to offer the perk for female employees by Jan. 2015. Why exactly is there a need for Facebook and Apple's egg freezing hype? Well, the perk is intended to help women not having to choose between profession and motherhood. When the time comes, female employees can have the option of becoming a mother without having to risk their profession.
"We continue to expand our benefits for women, with a new extended maternity leave policy, along with cryopreservation and egg storage as part of our extensive support for infertility treatment. We want to empower women at Apple to do the best work of their lives as they care for loved ones and raise their families," stated Apple in statement with regards to the Facebook Apple egg freezing.
For the Facebook Apple egg freezing, both tech giants are offering a staggering amount of $20,000 per female employee. This amount is enough to cover the procedures of extracting and storing the eggs. The latest Facebook Apple egg freezing move might have been called a "nice perk" by Kellye Sheehan of Women in Technology but does it also entail something else?
"This is a nice perk but of course it's a very personal decision for every working woman. When to time college, grad school, babies, starting a career, accelerating a career - all of these have huge ramifications in your life and that of your significant other. Is the employer trying to tell us something?" stated Sheehan.
Facebook and Apple's egg freezing perks hopes to attract even more females to the workspace in hopes of rectifying gender imbalance.
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