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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

Welcome to the culture at most workplaces!

All these people have excoriated you because they think everyone's first loyalty should be to their job (also many of them cannot read). And in many places, if you want to keep your job and advance your career, they are right, unfortunately.

I'm sorry that HR has treated you so badly. Personally I would go up and ASK them why they changed their minds. I would actually tell them, very calmly, that I had made plans based on their first recommendations and that now I have to scramble to change plans, and that I feel I have been treated unfairly. It will make them feel uncomfortable, which is the least they deserve and the most you can do to them.

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I disagree.  I don't think anyone has excoriated OP here.  The comments seem to be coming from seasoned women (?) who have been in the workforce and understand how the system works.  That's why they are questioning the story.  Maternity leave has become rare.  Full health benefits have become rare.  I have never heard of such a generous vacation policy.  It may be that OP doesn't understand the policies, I can't say.  In most jobs, you might acquire a half day of vacation pay per two week pay period but most businesses will not allow you to take those paid vacation days until you have been in the position a year.  The employer is clearly NOT taking away OP's health benefits "because I am pregnant" as her subject line says.  She has worked nine months or so for this company in a fulltime capacity.  She's probably just now realizing that those vacation or sick days can't be used pre-baby (???) because she had not "vested" in the job yet.  HR is telling her that she can't take that month off, then also expect health care to take care of her and the baby indefinitely.   After having only worked fulltime with this company for 9 months, she is behaving as though she expects them to carry her and baby another nine months.  That's not how the system works.

I once stuck out my neck for a fellow lawyer who was applying for an associate position in my law firm.  I recommended her.  She showed up and immediately planned to get pregnant and did.  I was mortified.  Her name was mud.  Partners were angry with me because they thought perhaps I saw this coming.  And friend behaved as OP is with an "Well, it's my right" attitude.  Sure, it is your right, but employers don't like getting used and they don't like paying salaries for workers who aren't there or medical coverage for workers who are not there.  You need to use judgment throughout the process and, as some have pointedout, do everything in your power to help the company cover for you while you are out on leave. It sound like OP has burned her bridges, which is too bad - those were some nice benefits.[/quote]

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