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This is just a lousy thing to do to your fellow employees who have to do all your work when you are gone, then wait for a replacement to be hired and trained and up to speed after you waltz in and quit  during maternity leave.

You will also screw your self over, because no one will want to hire you because they will worried you will pull this same stunt again.

I had someone do this to me, and from then on, I hired men or older women. [/quote]

I don't actually believe that this PP has had the experience that he/she claims, but have something to say anyway:

OP is from the fed. Other work cultures may be different. But in the fed, it is the usual thing to have other people's portfolios dumped on you, and for any variety of reasons such as:

1) Boss or colleague got a new job, and there isn't money to fill the position right away, or really anytime in the foreseeable future. But that's OK, because you are so competent! You get to do your job and his! If doing your boss's job, don't expect that this involves a promotion or more pay.
2) Colleague goes on a temporary detail for professional development. You cover colleague while she's gone. Bonus if she doesn't come back from the detail after all, but rather gets the new job permanently. Now wait to see if they decide to fill the old position, or just have you keep doing it, because you're so good at it, and everything's under control.

I've been in the situations described above more than twice. I never held it against the person who left. If anything, I held it against my management. But not really!! Because that's just the way things go, organizations have to make decisions on what's best for the organization, based on budget and priorities.

And if I didn't like it, I should have gotten another job! You know, make decisions based on my own budget and priorities! That's what we're all doing here.

As a colleague or supervisor, there's no real difference to me between a) the person who went on temporary detail for professional development that became permanent and b) the woman who's out because she had a baby (using her own leave, that she earned, or using unpaid leave, under the law) and then decides not to come back. Both are making decisions for themselves. (I guess the difference is that people are ready to disparage the woman.)

My message to you, OP, is that you should quit if that's what is best for you. Especially in the fed, I think it is no big deal.

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