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24th August 2017
08:56pm BST

"When Max was born, I took two months of paternity leave. I will always be grateful I could spend so much time with her in the first months of her life. "Our new daughter is coming soon, and I'm planning to take two months of paternity leave again. This time, I'm going to take advantage of Facebook's option to take leave in parts. "I'll take a month off to be with Priscilla and the girls at the beginning, and then we'll spend the whole month of December together as well," he said. "I'm looking forward to bonding with our new little one and taking Max on adventures."
Mark then explained how parental leave works in Facebook, and said he trusts the company to remain on its feet until he comes back. "At Facebook, we offer four months of maternity and paternity leave because studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, it's good for the entire family. And I'm pretty sure the office will still be standing when I get back." In Ireland, parental leave lasts for 18 weeks, so it's refreshing to see such a big company be open to parents taking longer amounts of time off.
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