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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask after they offer you the job but before you accept. [/quote]

This. And pay close attention to tone and/or body language when the question is answered. If you get any kind of negative vibe, probe further -- how many women have taken maternity leave/pumped? In what positions? Are they still at the company and could you speak to them?  I disagree that you don't need to ask about pumping. I showed up at a job with my pump and it definitely ended up being an issue. That's not right, but it happened. It was awful so I recommend avoiding it if you can. [b]Same with the fact that I needed to leave by a certain time to pick up my DC from day care.[/b] Between that and pumping, I was driven out of the job pretty quickly -- in large part because I had not mentioned them during the interviews or when I accepted the position because I thought it wasn't appropriate to mention. You need to be sure that things like that are okay with your employer before accepting a job. Sad but true. 
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The law says if a company has over a certain number of employees, you can pump.  However, there is no law that says you get to leave early to pick up your child day care.  You really expect an employer to allow you to do this everyday or even once every week.  I'm a supervisor and I would never allow this on a permanent basis.  When you accept the job you go by the employer rules not by your needs.[/quote]

She didn't say early. She said at a specific time. If I had a dime for every time an employer didn't get that they couldn't just pull me or other parents into a meeting at 5:05 as we're leaving for daycare, I wouldn't need the damn job. It was almost always something that could have been avoided if folks had merely planned better instead of say, slipping out to watch March Madness at lunch. [/quote]

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