manager told me not to submit maternity leave request for my upcoming delivery, next day laid off...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

and so he gets himself in a lawsuit-worthy situation? Perhaps you didn't read the OP right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

She said that reviews were average before. In my company, average is below good and excellent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

OP said they received "average" performance reviews. To me that means "satisfactory" or something similar. Many (if not most) places "satisfactory" means "shitty."

As a fed if I started to get "meets expectations" as opposed to "exceeds expectations" or "outstanding" I'd start getting my shit together because if I ever wanted to change jobs every employer in the world knows that "meets expectations" in the fed world means "I can't fire the guy, but I sure as shit wouldn't keep him around if I had a choice."

[Anonymous]

Was anyone else laid off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

She said that reviews were average before. In my company, average is below good and excellent.

On a scale of 1-5 based on a bell curve and stack ranking, majority of workers are 3s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

OP said they received "average" performance reviews. To me that means "satisfactory" or something similar. Many (if not most) places "satisfactory" means "shitty."

As a fed if I started to get "meets expectations" as opposed to "exceeds expectations" or "outstanding" I'd start getting my shit together because if I ever wanted to change jobs every employer in the world knows that "meets expectations" in the fed world means "I can't fire the guy, but I sure as shit wouldn't keep him around if I had a choice."

Uhh many of the places I've worked "meets expectations" is pretty good and 90 percent of the people get that.

[Anonymous]

File for unemployment. Get it all in writing. My boss threatened me if I came back that she's make things very difficult. She was very angry I took leave. She documented it all. She lied to unemployment but after they saw the emails they agreed I should not have gone back and I got unemployment. Nice folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:File for unemployment. Get it all in writing. My boss threatened me if I came back that she's make things very difficult. She was very angry I took leave. She documented it all. She lied to unemployment but after they saw the emails they agreed I should not have gone back and I got unemployment. Nice folks.

Just an FYI- it's very, very rare to be denied unemployment regardless of the circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Lawyer up. Don't sign anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He knew you were being laid off and didn't want a pregnancy-related lawsuit. Seems you've never been a great employee so they don't want to invest in you.

+1

Did you read OP's post? She says she got her first negative review only after her first pregnancy. Before that, all reviews were good.

OP said they received "average" performance reviews. To me that means "satisfactory" or something similar. Many (if not most) places "satisfactory" means "shitty."

As a fed if I started to get "meets expectations" as opposed to "exceeds expectations" or "outstanding" I'd start getting my shit together because if I ever wanted to change jobs every employer in the world knows that "meets expectations" in the fed world means "I can't fire the guy, but I sure as shit wouldn't keep him around if I had a choice."

Uhh many of the places I've worked "meets expectations" is pretty good and 90 percent of the people get that.

+1

[Anonymous]

It sounds like, for whatever reason, your performance declined after you had your child and they put you on a PIP. The sleepless nights can be really hard and I wouldn't be surprised if your performance dropped. If you've been on a PIP for about six months and your performance didn't improve it makes sense they would be working on firing you. It sounds like they just sped their plans to get rid of you.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone recommend a good lawyer for this type of case?

[Anonymous]

You need the right lawyer, don't get one out of the phone book.

[Anonymous]

She will get unemployment benefits, but also she should sue. That sounds like some BS.