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[quote=Anonymous]I was laid off while pregnant from a larger consulting firm.  I received notification hat I was being laid off 2 weeks after I shared that I was pregnant.  I was staffed on a project at the time and the role was funded for the next 10 months.

I would not sign and accept the standard severance package and contacted a lawyer to negotiated for me claiming that I was let go because of being pregnant and that there were metrics that my management would not be able to achieve if I went out on leave.  (the way they calculated utilization was the time on STD was included in base available hours).   My lawyer negoitated severance that covered the remainder of my pregnancy + 16 weeks.  My rational was that it would be hard to interview while pregnant and that although STD would have only covered 6 weeks, if I was still employed, I would not need to be stressed over finding a new job during my paid leave.

I was also an in demand skill and after my last day of employment, took a 2 week vacation and started with another firm that gave me paid maternity!  I used my severance to really jumpstart my child's college savings.

Iam also thrilled that I am not longer employed by the original firm.  If was just what I needed to move on with my professional career.

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