Paid Maternity Leave Is Good For Business

YouTube CEO On Why Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 09: Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki speak onstage during 'Who Owns Your Screen?' at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 9, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 09: Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki speak onstage during 'Who Owns Your Screen?' at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 9, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

I was Google’s first employee to go on maternity leave. In 1999, I joined the startup that founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had recently started in my garage. I was four months pregnant. At the time the company had no revenue and only 15 employees, almost all of whom were male. Joining a startup pregnant with my first child was risky, but Larry and Sergey assured me I'd have their support.

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