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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are missing the point of the posters who say it sucks for women to do what OP is doing. No one is saying OP shouldn't take her maternity leave or quit if that's what's best for her family. OF COURSE women have every right to do that. Without question. What sucks is that this impacts all women of child-bearing age in the workforce. EVERY employer is wondering if a woman is going to have kids and quit. They wonder about it during the interview, they wonder about if the woman gets married, and they wonder about it the second the woman discloses that she's pregnant. It would be foolish of employers NOT to take that possibility seriously because it happens so often. That means that women who do plan on returning, or who never plan to have kids, have to deal with these assumptions. You get treated as though you're not serious about your job because it's assumed you won't stick around for the long haul. You aren't viewed as a team player. It can take a lot to overcome that thinking. For those women who want to continue working, it can be difficult. This is not to say that women shouldn't be given maternity leave or be prevented from quitting once the leave ends but there is a cost to be paid for it--and the women who stay in the workforce are paying it.[/quote]

Yes I had a woman pull this crap on me.

I stopped hiring women under 45.

And yes, I am a woman.

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One woman? And then you assumed all women would do that? 
Also when a man does that is he just smart and looking out for his family? I assume that you're stating then that no man in your organization's ever taken paternity leave? 
Does a woman who uses maternity leave have an obligation to stay x amount of time with her employer who gave her maternity leave? Is she not allowed to go to a new job or she just not allowed to quit? 
And if her child has special needs or feeding issues or other health issues should she go back to work and give you half ass or should she just never worry about it and just be a corporate shell while she's in the office? Where is that person in fact doing the best that they can and realizing that they are priorities are elsewhere and to open up the position to someone who can currently do the job? 
And are benefits actually compensation for jobs that are done or for work yet to do? Meaning when you use your benefits just like any other benefit are you then obligated to the work in the future or are those benefits there because of the work that you've done? [/quote]

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