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[quote=Anonymous]Op here: thanks for all the input.  To clarify, I WOULD disclose the pregnancy during the offer/negotiation state.  I was planning on being OK with a lower salary as long as I had some written agreement that I could take unpaid maternity leave. 
As a new employee, I do NOT have access to FMLA - you have to be there a year.  But to clarify further, at my job here, FMLA is unpaid as well.

I know about a probationary period, I'd be OK with having an extended probationary period as long as doctor's visits for my child were considered exempt.  I am also allowed to COBRA my health care if they won't offer me health care before  a number of months (which I don't think is the case), and then I had planned on joining my husband's health care plan once the baby is born.

I'd love to hear more from HR people about how to negotiate the issue of maternity leave.  I also wouldn't want to work somewhere where this was a big issue - and I think it's a good opportunity to see if my "values" (if that's the right word) fit with theirs.  I believe they do, as their "employee benefits" section of the web site specifically says that their international presence influences their always-modernizing benefits...so you never know.

I do NOT plan on quitting my job until there is a set and accepted offer that includes a maternity plan. If they pull the offer....fine, I guess, because (like PP said) I wouldn't want to work somewhere that would do that.

I also have a TON of annual leave at my current job that I could hopefully go on terminal leave (or if I have to, take a payout) that would cushion my unpaid leave I might have to take.

Lastly - if anyone has recommendations for questions to ask at negotiation that I might not have thought of, I'd love to hear them.  [/quote]

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