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It's not just women that experience discrimination. When my wife was pregnant and I let our CEO and co-founder know (small company, < 15 people) they began cove
by throwaway81818 8y ago
It's not just women that experience discrimination. When my wife was pregnant and I let our CEO and co-founder know (small company, < 15 people) they began covertly looking for a replacement for me knowing I would take some time off work for her birth.
Not long after letting them know about the pregnancy/birth, I found a suspicious/hidden hiring post from the CEO for a position that mirrored mine although we were "not hiring".
Within the next month or two I had a few suspicious interactions with the cofounder over things he'd like to see "improved" within my work. Which was complete bullshit. The guy didn't believe in version control, managed tasks in a Google Doc and didn't like how I used branches for feature development (why don't you just commit to master?). Trust me when I say his list of issues were bullshit (not worth going into all of them, though they may be funny as hell to hear). His improvements/concerns carried no weight and were obviously a front for something else.
The CEO became more and more aggressive with me over things that were outside of my job/position/role. He would go off the handle over them and eventually I called him out on it. He lost his shit and basically "fired" me. I won't go into details regarding what happened next, but lets just say I made out very well :)
Moral of the story, it's not just women that get discriminated against. If you're a father to be, be careful who you let know and how you handle it. Keep a record of everything including the timeline of events, it can come in handy ;)
- notadoc 8y ago> It's not just women that experience discrimination > Moral of the story, it's not just women that get discriminated against. If you're a father to be, be careful who you let know and how you handle it. I have heard so many stories along these same lines, I think it's just accepted as normal in the industry.
- Cofike 8y agoLove hearing companies get their comeuppance. Happy to hear things worked out, hope thing are going well with your family.
- ndesaulniers 8y ago> didn't like how I used branches for feature development (why don't you just commit to master?) Jesus I just threw up. s/commit/force push/