Save money, and you can pay yourself the leave.
Like what small business can afford to pay you for not working because you decided it was time to have a kid?
That’s your personal life. Plan ahead like an adult.
Even large, “rich” corporations could not afford this.
The cost would not merely come in the form of the employee’s hourly wage, but also in the lost productivity that would result from their absence.
I currently hold a supervisory position overseeing a group that provides time-critical R&D chemical shipments, information, and services. No one else in my region could effectively fill that position without extensive, time-consuming cross-training. I’m sure there are millions of other men and companies in the same circumstance.