Having a job may be hard, but holding one down while being an active parent is even harder. This is especially true for moms, who more often than not have to go through the ordeal of pregnancy and birth alongside all the other duties of parenting. In a just world, this would be properly recognized …
Seguir leyendo Mom cries watching baby sit up for the first time through baby monitor at work: ‘6 weeks of maternity leave is inexcusable’
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Pregnant worker announces she intends to work from the hospital while she’s in labor since she doesn’t qualify for paid maternity leave: ‘She will be back to work in 6 weeks and she will have no PTO left’
Giving birth is a major medical event. Anyone who has ever been through it would tell you as much. Yes, it’s natural. Yes, thousands of people do it every day, and yet… it’s a big deal. It famously requires all of your energy, and there’s not much you can do to stop that. It might …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant worker announces she intends to work from the hospital while she’s in labor since she doesn’t qualify for paid maternity leave: ‘She will be back to work in 6 weeks and she will have no PTO left’
Pregnant 18-year-old coworker demands new mom gives her hand-me-downs from her 2-month-old, freaks out when she refuses: ‘She’s been saying I’m hoping she loses her baby’
Raising a kid is usually more than a one person job, and one of the most important things that a parent can have access to is people who are happy to help them out now and then. ‘The village’ is a concept that many moms and dads swear by, but it isn’t always easy to …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant 18-year-old coworker demands new mom gives her hand-me-downs from her 2-month-old, freaks out when she refuses: ‘She’s been saying I’m hoping she loses her baby’
Entitled coworker pressures pregnant carpool driver to ask her husband to drive her to work when she’s out on maternity leave: ‘He should because it’s his fault that I have to go out of work because he got me pregnant’
Running a carpool can either be fun or miserable. I was very happy to drive my high school sweetheart to school our senior year because they literally lived a 1-minute drive away from me. I got to hang out with them every morning, get angry at the local radio hosts together, and get socialized for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled coworker pressures pregnant carpool driver to ask her husband to drive her to work when she’s out on maternity leave: ‘He should because it’s his fault that I have to go out of work because he got me pregnant’
Pregnant school administrator gets denied permission to work from home 1 week before her due date, takes revenge on manager: ‘I immediately went to HR’
In a just world, nobody would have to work when pregnant if they didn’t want to. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in, and in the good old U S of A it’s not uncommon to see women grinding until they pop. Companies and managers aren’t always sympathetic to the struggle, either. This is …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant school administrator gets denied permission to work from home 1 week before her due date, takes revenge on manager: ‘I immediately went to HR’