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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We routinely Google our candidates. Do I care about their personal lives? Not at all. [b]But I need to know they have the common sense and judgment to control their online presence. For example, we work with government customers; I would be very wary of a candidates with a ton of visible and inflammatory political opinions (regardless what side they are on). Especially since a customer could easily find it and attribute it to my company and our brand.[/quote][/b]

Yeah, pregnancy is a non-issue but this is relevant.[/quote]

you dont think its an issue in that the employee will go on leave shortly after being hired and maybe never come back?[/quote]

Of course not. Blip in the scheme of things for a good hire (and I think the odds of “maybe never come back” are small.

I was hired while pregnant myself.[/quote]

Well that’s good for you but there is a reason that pregnancy became a protected class obviously.

Some of you people can’t seem to think past your own tiny world experience. 
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In general pregnancy is a negative when hiring because you have to invest time training a new employee and then they have to take extensive time off during which you need to find someone to cover their work, and the risk they may not perform at the same capacity with a newborn at home is higher.  Let's stop pretending like there is zero difference and that our workplace culture is friendly towards mothers of young babies  :roll:

If discrimination were allowed nobody would hire pregnant women or people with any obvious medical issues. It's just common sense, it's why we have protected categories. [/quote]

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