It’s still pretty normal for public sector positions to have this discussions behind closed doors.

Once you have the job, it’s hard to fire you. So it’s a reoccurring pattern that people apply, work for the minimum needed time to get paid parental leave and then start to implement their family plans.

That is completely within their legal rights and for society as a whole it’s a good thing to have more kids.

At the same time it’s also bad for everyone else in the same team.