All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together
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| Author | Josh Levs |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Management, parenting, gender discrimination |
| Publisher | HarperOne |
Publication date | May 12, 2015 (Hardcover) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Kindle Edition, Audio CD |
| Pages | 272 pages (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-234961-3 Search this book on  . |
All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together is a 2015 book by journalist Josh Levs urging changes in employment practices, government policy, and societal attitudes concerning fathers and family care.
Background[edit]
When Levs, a CNN journalist, requested extended paid parental leave from CNN’s parent company Time Warner in August 2013, he was denied anything more than the two weeks paid leave for biological fathers—much less than 10 weeks paid leave that were provided for women and for men who had babies through adoption or surrogacy.[1] Levs used his two paid weeks, and additionally vacation and sick days as he cared for his three children and wife, who had developed severe preeclampsia.[1] Levs filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)[2][3] against Time Warner demanding equitable paid paternity leave, essentially winning the claim a year later.[1][4]
Content[edit]
Kirkus Reviews wrote that All In provides "well-documented and easy-to-comprehend data on why men need more paid time off to be with their newborn children."[5] Levs' analysis was said to show how the workplace has not kept pace with the significant changes in "male-female dynamics at home" over the past 50 years, and that, in addition to his scrutiny and evaluation of paid paternity leave, Levs also considered issues relating to absentee fathers, lack of intimacy for new parents, and finding the mental and spiritual balance needed for parenting during times of stress.[5]
Publishers Weekly described All In as a "call for men to fight against the laws, policies, and stigmas preventing them from fully participating in their families’ lives," more specifically, discussing parental leave, the tax system, paid family leave, the "doofus dad" stereotype, fear of men as predators, the stigma against men taking time off work for family, and a plea for men and women to work together.[6]
Business Lexington's Paul Sanders wrote that All In reads like "a series of thematically linked essays" in a "broad-brush approach" that attempts to touch many facets of the problem, noting the book's extensive fact-checking approach.[7] The book is said to "spotlight" gender discrimination in an American workplace that trails much of the world on the issue, noting that in industry's "war for talent" companies can attract and retain employees by offering paid paternity leave.[7]
The title All In is a play on the title of Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 women's empowerment book, Lean In.[8][7] Levs was said to expand and detail Sandberg’s argument that advancing the American economy depends on changing workplace structures, not only for women but for men.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 O'Neill, Jennifer (March 5, 2015). "Meet the Man Who Sued His Boss to Spend More Time With His Kids". Yahoo Parenting. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Alternative archive.
- ↑ Bernard, Tara Siegel (November 8, 2013). "Standing Up for the Rights of New Fathers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Schulte, Brigid (July 18, 2014). "More than a paycheck: New dads want paid leave to be caregivers". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Seligson, Hannah (May 1, 2015). "Making Room (on the Web) for Daddy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ALL IN How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together". Kirkus Reviews. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015.
- ↑ "All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—And How We Can Fix It Together". Publishers Weekly. March 16, 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Sanders, Paul (April 24, 2015). "Who's your daddy? How 'work-first culture' is sticking it to families". Business Lexington. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.
- ↑ See Foster, Brooke Lea (September 2, 2014). "Dads Want to Have It All, Too". The Washingtonian.
External links[edit]
Author's website: JoshLevs.com
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