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Facebook And Google Pay For Their Female Employees To Freeze Their Eggs
Balancing family and career is work. It’s something many women have struggled with for years. Because our bodies are fertile and equipped to carry a baby for a limited time, we have to make serious decisions in early adulthood.
By Jessica Marie Baumgartner3 min read
Over the past decade, advances in science and technology have encouraged big tech companies like Facebook and Google to offer employees more than just the usual benefits. They began paying female employees to freeze their eggs in 2014. Along with the mainstream media, these companies promote the practice as a way to keep women in the workforce during “prime work years,” when they’re most productive in job settings.