Facebook data scientist left after Zuckerberg shut down request for flexibility for working moms

A Facebook data scientist has revealed she left the social media giant only eight months into her role after the company refused her part-time hours, the opportunity to work from home or additional unpaid maternity leave to bond with her child. Eliza Khuner was five months pregnant when she started at Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire in November 2017 but they parted ways in July 2018 Khuner raised two other children, Jonah and Jeremy, before she joined Facebook in November 2017 and went through the 'heartache of a break-up' as she quit Facebook However after four months of maternity leave Khuner admitted she felt like she'd be betraying her daughter by leaving her all day with a nanny. CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintained that employees would have to wait for a change in the way they approach family-work balance but gives new parents $4,000 Childcare expenses are partially reimbursed at Facebook, and there are many lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers The father-of-two never fails to miss a birthday or show followers he's a great dad He captioned a December 2016 Facebook snap: 'Taking paternity leave to spend time with our growing family' Zuckerberg has demonstrated how important it is for parents to be present as their children grow up, writing 'Baby cuddles are the best' in September 2017 with baby August He wrote September 2017: 'I think Max is really starting to take after me since I've been on paternity leave' Some women admitted they'd frozen their eggs because while they yearned to be a mother, they couldn't afford to give up their job to take care of a child. Khuner noted that even Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer and first female board member, said allowing new mothers to work part-time would put too much of a strain on the rest of the team. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO and first female board member, said allowing new mothers to work part-time would put too much of a strain on the rest of the team Khuner's story brought in a range of supportive comments on her personal Facebook too Users shared how they thought she was brave for revealing her story and quitting her job Khuner wrote that she told him: '"I want to know: Would you give us part-time, work-from-home, and extended leave options right now, not later; would you lead this company and the US in supporting working parents; would you give us the chance to show you how kick-ass and loyal we can be with fewer hours at the desk, if you weren't afraid?"'