Dilemma
Hey all:
Boosh's job is cracking down and she recently got raked over the coals for excessive e-mail use and internet use. She isn't the only offender but for some reason they are targeting her. She works very hard, gets her work done and stays late all the time, and she really doesn't abuse the system that much -- thye are just really being anal.
Anyway, Boosh is now miserable at her job and would like to start looking, but
she is torn. She's been there 7 years and feels that since we will be
TTC very soon, she wants the benefit of paid maternity. Since she has
senority, she wants to take advantage of whatever they give her. She
feels if she leaves now and gets something else and then gets
pregnant, the maternity leave may not be as good, it may be unpaid,
who knows. But, she also wants to find something down the line that
has part-time options (with reasonable money of course), so now may be
the time to get in somewhere else.
She also feels that if she starts somewhere new and gets preggo right
away, her new place might be annoyed and make things difficult down
the road. My feeling is that pregnancy is human nature. You can't
and shouldn't put job plans on hold because of what might or might not
happen. I mean, if she got preggo right way, they cannot fire her,
legally. And since this is normal human nature, I don't think it
would be that bad and any normal company would understand.
In light of this, I also said that maybe we should wait until she gets
preggo and is on maternity before starting to look for a job. She'll
be home so she'll be able to go out for an hour interview and have a
little more flexibility. At the very least she can do more research.
Then on her first day back at her current job, she can resign. That
would be awesome!
Any thoughts on this?
Boosh's job is cracking down and she recently got raked over the coals for excessive e-mail use and internet use. She isn't the only offender but for some reason they are targeting her. She works very hard, gets her work done and stays late all the time, and she really doesn't abuse the system that much -- thye are just really being anal.
Anyway, Boosh is now miserable at her job and would like to start looking, but
she is torn. She's been there 7 years and feels that since we will be
TTC very soon, she wants the benefit of paid maternity. Since she has
senority, she wants to take advantage of whatever they give her. She
feels if she leaves now and gets something else and then gets
pregnant, the maternity leave may not be as good, it may be unpaid,
who knows. But, she also wants to find something down the line that
has part-time options (with reasonable money of course), so now may be
the time to get in somewhere else.
She also feels that if she starts somewhere new and gets preggo right
away, her new place might be annoyed and make things difficult down
the road. My feeling is that pregnancy is human nature. You can't
and shouldn't put job plans on hold because of what might or might not
happen. I mean, if she got preggo right way, they cannot fire her,
legally. And since this is normal human nature, I don't think it
would be that bad and any normal company would understand.
In light of this, I also said that maybe we should wait until she gets
preggo and is on maternity before starting to look for a job. She'll
be home so she'll be able to go out for an hour interview and have a
little more flexibility. At the very least she can do more research.
Then on her first day back at her current job, she can resign. That
would be awesome!
Any thoughts on this?
