As of 9am, I am now on maternity leave

I bearly turned on my laptop this morning, to get a phone call from the President of the Chicago office. When I saw his name on the caller ID I knew exactly what was going to happen. I was prepared to hear the words for a 3rd time since graduating college, "Unfortunately we need to eliminate your position."

I not mad about being laid off bc I was hoping not to return after having the baby. I had already taken my personal stuff home and cleared my personal stuff off the computer. I'm just pi$$ed that I've been laid off from every job I've had.

The bright side of all this is, I wasn't expecting to get paid during maternity leave so at least now I'll be able to collect unemployment. Now, I can get the house in order to prepare for the baby's arrival.

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Re: As of 9am, I am now on maternity leave

You have such a way of looking at it. Although it still stinks. How much longer do you have until your bundle of joy arrives? Have fun with unemployment!!

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Sorry to hear of the lay off, but maybe it is a blessing in disguise so you can collect unemployment and relax before the baby comes

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Wow...sounds like a good , better situation actually for you then? Enjoy getting ready for baby

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I am HOPING that my job decides to lay me off while out so I can collect unemployment. I am not returning to my job either. But I can see how you can be upset and hurt, b/c you have gotten laid off before. But at least now you can collect unemployment which is an added bonus.

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It does turn out better financially in the long run since anytime I took off would have been unpaid....I'll be 36 weeks on Sat. The Dr. already told me that she won't let me go past my due date of March 24th.

I haven't told DH yet.... I'll just wait til he gets home, no need to ruin his day.

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Wow.... while I know it works out good for you, I am shocked that they would lay you off. If I was them, I would be scared to get a lawsuit for laying off a PG worker.

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sorry Steph but you seem to have the right attitude...relax and get ready for that baby

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I think it's a blessing in disguise. You get to relax and finish up with the baby stuff. You'll be glad to have this time off before the baby comes. Enjoy it!

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That stinks. But enjoy the time before the bambino gets here!

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Posted by waterspout4

Posted by steph4777

I haven't told DH yet.... I'll just wait til he gets home, no need to ruin his day.

Can they legally let you go before you were ready to go? I know it's probably for the better, but what's the deal with that?

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

Posted by waterspout4

Posted by steph4777

I haven't told DH yet.... I'll just wait til he gets home, no need to ruin his day.

Can they legally let you go before you were ready to go? I know it's probably for the better, but what's the deal with that?

I think thats why they did it before she left - this way it has nothing to do with her having a baby or going on maternity leave - once she leaves, according to FMLA, they HAVE to hold her position for her - so they decided to do it now, so there is nothing illegal about it. I personally think its a horrible thing to do, and not to get too much of a feminist on this, I wonder if they would have "eliminated your position" if you were a man that had to go in for a surgery and take time off.... BUT, it sounds like you are not too unhappy with the turn of events, so I guess everything happens for a reason....

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Maybe this is a blessing in disguise after all. At least you'll be able to get some rest before the baby arrives!

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Posted by steph4777

Posted by lipglossjunky73

Posted by waterspout4

Posted by steph4777

I haven't told DH yet.... I'll just wait til he gets home, no need to ruin his day.

Can they legally let you go before you were ready to go? I know it's probably for the better, but what's the deal with that?

I think thats why they did it before she left - this way it has nothing to do with her having a baby or going on maternity leave - once she leaves, according to FMLA, they HAVE to hold her position for her - so they decided to do it now, so there is nothing illegal about it. I personally think its a horrible thing to do, and not to get too much of a feminist on this, I wonder if they would have "eliminated your position" if you were a man that had to go in for a surgery and take time off.... BUT, it sounds like you are not too unhappy with the turn of events, so I guess everything happens for a reason....

Would you believe that this is the second time I've been laid off while I was pg? I was laid off with Nate when I was 5 months pg.

I wasn't eligible for FMLA bc I was going on maternity leave 4 weeks before my 1 year anniversary.

Earlier this week, they lost an account which I was an account exec on so those are the "budget" issues they mentioned when they told me. When the account supervisor on the account told me that they lost it, I wondered how it would affect me for a split second but I didn't say anything.

Oh well, their loss.... I already got an email from my supervisor asking me for a status on my other clients. If they were smart they would have waited a week or two until I documented processes and project statuses for my other clients. I was planning to do that for whoever was going to cover for me.

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It's so wrong on so many levels, but I too think it's a blessing in disguise.

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