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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's really as simple as they call and give you a verbal offer. You thank them for the generous offer and them ask for some additional benefits to be put in the offer. Namely, you are 6 months pregnant and desire 12 weeks of unpaid leave. They may say they personally can't negotiate that and transfer you to HR. Or they may negotiate on the spot with you.[/quote]

I don't think it matters when she asked, because her only leverage was not taking the job, and it sounds like OP was gonna take it no matter what and would not have wanted to risk them going with someone else. It is 6 in one basket or half a dozen in the other on whether she should have negotiated that before starting.

OP, I dropped by the HR manager's office one day and said that I would like to schedule a time to talk about maternity leave. He was really receptive about it.

If they push back, make a little case for why 12 weeks is in the company's best interest. You will return to work more healed, rested, and ready to tackle work. If you bf, your supply will be more established and you will spend less time pumping overall than women who return to work before 12 weeks. Yeah, I returned to work at 5 weeks, but my head was out of the game for 5 months. Much more so than colleagues who stayed out for 3 months. You don't want to tell them that, but I am illustrating that I am not just making stuff up.[/quote]

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