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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 1999, I took short term disability to recover from childbirth and spend 6 weeks at home with my newborn. I was in commissioned sales for a staffing company.

My female boss called me every week to ask if I was still planning to return to work.

On my sixth week, she set up an in person meeting. I brought my newborn along with a written proposal that I’d like to work part-time, basically 4 days a week.

She was very dismissive of my idea, said that if she allowed me to go part-time that the other “girls” on the team (4 total) would then want the same and she’d not start such a precedent. It was FT or nothing. Also invoked that anything less than FT would 
have me ineligible for commission due to the pay structure.

I submitted my resignation that day. [/quote]

Had my first child in 2008.  I was denied opportunities by my FEMALE bosses because I was pregnant.  Only given 4 weeks of leave.  I have a great female boss now but the only discrimination I've faced has been from women, not men.  [/quote]

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