Today, I found out I'm pregnant, after quitting my job because they asked us to work for free due to COVID. So because I quit, I'm no longer eligible for maternity leave. I didn’t know that I was 4 months pregnant. I could've just gotten a doctor's note for medical reasons. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that, despite working 4 part-time jobs, that I will not qualify for maternity leave by my due date with the mandatory 600 hours. I can't get full-time work and I'm 8 months pregnant now. This'll be fun! FML
Today, I got fired for not being mature enough. I just found out I’m pregnant. FML
Today, my boss told me that I'm being terminated. Apparently, being pregnant means I was going to quit soon anyway, so there's no point. Now I have to get job so I don't get deported. FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant. Last week my coworker, who I sit next to 5 days a week, returned to work after bereavement maternity leave. FML
Today, I got fired during my maternity leave for requesting my unpaid wages. FML
Today, my work is doing a legal investigation about whether they can avoid paying me maternity benefit. According to my sleazy boss, "You notified us too late." FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant. The kicker is, I'm 5 months pregnant and didn't even know it - no symptoms, nothing. I thought it was weight gain due to antidepressants and I'm also dealing with financial issues. I'm too far along to get an abortion, and adoption is not an option. FML
Today, I was called to be told I'm fired for not showing up for my shift. I guess she didn't check her voice message to see that I gave birth last night. FML
Today, at work my boss told me I have been late, under-productive, and using up a lot of sick days. He says my job is on the line. My reason for barely showing up at work: I've been on maternity leave for 6 weeks. FML
Today, I was feeling really sick at work. I messaged my boss whether his girlfriend, who also works there, could cover me. He then came down, shouting at me that whatever illness I have, I've also passed on to his girlfriend. I'm pregnant. FML
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Top comments
QueenSaru 28
I have to be honest, any company that asks you to work for free in a pandemic was likely going to do what they could to get out of paying you maternity leave...
RichardPencil 32
Never quit a job unless you have another lined up. Always make them fire you.
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QueenSaru 28
I have to be honest, any company that asks you to work for free in a pandemic was likely going to do what they could to get out of paying you maternity leave...
Inkoseh 33
You're not getting maternity leave at 4 months pregnant, you get leave after the baby is born. OP wanted medical paperwork being pregnant still, and unless the job is specifically harmful to an unborn child, it would have done nothing?
RichardPencil 32
Never quit a job unless you have another lined up. Always make them fire you.
sarahcroy20 12
They asked you to work for free? That sounds odd.
uniformed 13
damn...so sad that you can't take advantage of the situation now. not.
Inkoseh 33
US and Canada. It's illegal to work and not be paid. Your company can request to work for free all they want, still illegal and you can get back pay. But a company asking this without doing the proper thing first (Paycuts to management/layoffs) means it was extremely likely they were riding out the ends of their business and trying to squeeze every last wage for free (They wont, they'll be sued by anyone who makes a complaint for lost wages) What someone else said, never quit, get fired. Collect the unemployment, report to the labor board. All the people who chose to work for free still in hopes for a job in the future are guaranteed going to be let go with no backpay for the weeks they put into it. But also, being 4 months pregnant, I'm not sure what kind of medical note you could have gotten that would give you "medical leave" from a job unless it was chemicals or extreme labor that's over 50+ lbs constantly.