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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wait, you took 5 full years off, you have a 4 year old, and you've been back at work long enough to be in a cushy job, with now the chance for a promotion?

did you take time off before having your child? math doesn't add up here. [/quote]

OP here.  Not a troll.  I took my entire pregnancy off too -- Work was too stressful to continue.  I think I would have miscarried if I had worked through my pregnancy.  My 5 years off were awesome.   And to answer a prior poster, I did not do anything professionally during my time off.  I literally went inactive the bar and toyed around with a million other career options for a while (blog? Photography? Sewing?).  None clicked for me and when my kid started preschool at 3years old (I had been out of the workforce 4yrs by then), I started looking for jobs. It took me approx a full year of applying for jobs to get this one.  It was stressful, but I landed at a pretty amazing gig.  A co-worker that started with me went to law school a yeat behind me and had taken 1yr off work.  So we were very grateful to land the gig.

And, yes, the rights of return are used.  But they are looked as a "demotion" of sorts if you take it because it looks like you did not hack it in your prior position.  It's embarrassing and people do talk.  But you get over it.  And yes, they will bump somone to make room for you if you elect to return.  Most gov departments will just create a new position to get you. This is not DC - it's another state, I should note.  There are very explicit laws that govern employment.  [/quote]

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