“We’ll just keep paying them normally, eliminating the headache of switching to state or disability pay. Each employee gets to figure out what’s best for them and their family.” Netflix just announced a year of unlimited maternity (and paternity) leave for its employees. The move is a sign of the competition for employees in the tech industry, an indication of the trend towards workplace equality, and a recognition that after a few weeks of hearing the crying and changing the diapers, you’ll begging for your cubicle back.

+ The move is also a sign of just how successful Netflix has been in recent years. As the WSJ explains, we’re addicted to Netflix.

+ Vox on the problem with unlimited leave: “It replaces clear, predictable limits with limits imposed by vague and arbitrary social pressure to work more.” This brings up a broader discussion. These days, is anyone ever really not working?