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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, former DC AUSA here, and first of all, the job you’re about to take is like the best job ever, so congratulations on that! I was also pregnant when I got my offer to join the US attorneys office, and I also wasn’t sure when to tell them or how to manage my start date. The way mine worked out, I was only cleared to start about two weeks before I was due, and so I stayed at my firm for maternity leave and then started at the US attorneys office a few months after I had my baby. So it worked out in the end for me, but I don’t think I could’ve taken the 75% pay cut to go to the US attorneys office if I didn’t also have that paid maternity leave and the bonus that came before I left because the time of year this all happened. My firm also had a policy about staying after maternity leave, but there was no way they were going to claw back paid maternity leave when I was about to go to the US attorneys office. As you note, OP, it behooves law firms to have good relationships with their former employees, particularly when they’re becoming prosecutors. So I would seriously doubt that anyone is going to give you a hard time about it. But I also agree that if you’re inclined to stay at your firm and collect the maternity leave, maybe you have a conversation with one or two attorneys who you trust at the firm, and make sure that they’re on board. That’s what I did. A few people told me I shouldn’t worry about it, And that they understood why I was doing what I was doing. Now, on the US attorney side, you have to be really careful, because from what I have heard and seen, they can be real sticklers about start dates. As others have noted, there may be particular times that they want you to start so that you can join particular classes for training. You should just be mindful of that, but I also think you should be honest. It’s hard to justify leaving a paid maternity leave to go to a new job where you have no sick time, no days off, and no paid leave. That’s a hard burden to put on anyone who’s about to add a child to their family. So hopefully, if you have open and honest conversations with the people involved, they will understand. As someone else suggested, I would also slow the background check process. Take every day they give you to fill out the forms, take every day they give you to get the recommendations. Depending on the backlog, maybe they actually won’t be able to clear you until much closer to your due date, and maybe it’ll be an easier conversation for you too. Best case scenario, you go on leave at your firm, and you get cleared while you’re on leave. It happens all the time the people on maternity leave get new jobs, so don’t worry about disloyalty to your firm. Believe me, if the tables were returned, they wouldn’t hesitate to do the same to you if it was better for their bottom line. [/quote]
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