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Same here but different reason. I worked in Software Engineering for a financial organization when I announced the arrival of my first child to head of HR (Mond
by saltybytes 8y ago
Same here but different reason. I worked in Software Engineering for a financial organization when I announced the arrival of my first child to head of HR (Monday). My performance review was scheduled for Tuesday but my manager postponed to Friday. I was fired (because of my baby) that Friday by head of HR instead of sitting down in 1-1 with my manager or CTO. They just didn't have the guts to tell me that my productivity will drop b/c of lack of sleep, etc.
Shitty move but lesson learned: don't announce the due date of your unborn child BEFORE a performance review! Better don't announce it at all if you wanna keep your job.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoI take it that in the USA, pregnancy discrimination isn't illegal, or at least isn't for the father? Terrible move from the company either way. Firing people is expensive, first you lose a whole lot of institutional knowledge, then hiring a person is expensive (especially if you use a recruiter), then you have to train a new person up, which takes about 3 months to get them up to speed. The sensible option is to discuss options, such as working reduced hours (e.g. only afternoons) for a time. Of course, in many developed countries (the USA excluded), paid parental leave is legally guaranteed or even mandatory.
- edraferi 8y agoApparently pregnancy is a protected status, but parenthood isn't: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/federal-antidiscrimination-laws-29451.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/federal-antidiscrimi...