A company has begun offering its employees a $5,000 bonus if they decide to have children in a distinct pushback against leftist “anti-family” tropes.
“Michael Seifert is the CEO and founder of PublicSq., an app designed to link patriotic businesses with ‘quality products, services, and exclusive discounts,'” Fox News reported, adding that Seifert detailed the plan on Sunday.
“We did see the world going in this direction that we believe is really anti-family,” Seifert said during “Fox & Friends Weekend.” “We think that ultimately a company is only as strong as the families that built it, and then for us, we’re a pro-family company. We’re unashamed about that. And we’re actually the largest marketplace in the country of pro-family businesses.”
“So we thought, what better way to express this value that’s core to our beliefs than actually putting some money behind it, putting our money where our mouth is,” he added.
Seifert pointed out that their company is providing a $5,000 bonus to employees who have a baby or adopt a child. In contrast, he criticized companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, Target, and Patagonia for offering abortion benefits to their employees.
“We wanted to sing an opposite tune and say, let’s actually put $5,000 behind any of our employees that were to have a baby, their spouses to have a baby, or they were to adopt, and this would be $5,000 after tax,” he told the Sunday show. “They can use it as they please. Just as an awesome ‘thank you’ for being a great team member and to empower their family to continue to grow.”
Fox News added:
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year, many companies have announced abortion benefits in protest of the historic case.
Amazon announced it would cover $4,000 in non-life threatening medical treatments, including abortions if procedures are not available within 100 miles of where the employee lives.
Bumble, Uber, Lyft, Alaska Airlines, Starbucks, Netflix, Yelp, and others have also followed suit announcing similar policies since the landmark case was overturned.
Contrary to the far-left narrative that portrays these companies’ actions as empowering women, Seifert argued that their true motivation is to reduce the financial burden of maternity leave expenses.
“That’s the sad reality of this, is that these companies will pretend to care about, ‘women’s health care.’ But at the end of the day, they just don’t want to pay maternity leave,” he said. “They’re more afraid of losing the monetary value that their employees provide. So they would rather choose that than they would to empower the growth of these families.”
“I think that’s really destructive,” he noted further. “I actually want more of our employees, family members, because I think they’re great people, and we want their communities to thrive. And we believe that ultimately strong families build a strong nation, and I wish more companies felt the same way.”
He said that his employees are already responding to the offer.
“Just in the last month, we’ve had three pregnancies announced,” he said. “So it’s happening. People are excited about it.”
