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Rainsford has worked at Google for nearly four years. Caroline Rainsford
Rainsford, who previously worked at L Oréal, Philips, and GE, got a recruiting call from Google in 2017. At the time, she was three months into her maternity leave for her second child.
After a five-month interview process, Google offered her the role and asked how long she intended to take for her maternity leave. (In New Zealand, parents are entitled to one year of maternity leave six months of which are paid.)
She told the recruitment team that she was planning on taking the full year, but for this opportunity she would end it early if necessary.