Remember the nonsense with the lunch table, and how no one said that I said anything but HR chick was "concerned" for my reputation eating lunch with someone who allegedly called her boss a "wimp" while not in my presence? They fired her last week--Wednesday or Thursday, I think.
Friday, I told my boss I was pregnant and was expecting to take maternity leave beginning around the second week of October. I wanted to give us about six months to prepare for my leave. Okay, congratulations, please see HR for all of your form-related needs.
Monday morning, I was pulled in to HR again and told that unfortunately, there was "no longer a role" for me at my company. HR was all over the place: "this is not a termination, it's an involuntary separation," but when I told them I didn't understand how that could be the case, HR said that it was related to the investigation of QA girl. But then she went on to say that it wasn't disciplinary, it wasn't a termination, and fell back on not having a place for me there. Confusing--it's like she couldn't keep her story straight.
I have no idea what, if anything, went on behind the scenes. But I have a lot of questions about the timing. I had an excellent work history there--I was there two years, after the first year I got a 10% raise and they started assigning me direct reports: one last April, two more in June, and another as recently as January. Got a nice bonus every quarter. No reason to believe that anyone was unhappy with my job performance, certainly no disciplinary actions. Then suddenly, less than one full business day after I announced I was pregnant, they suddenly don't have any work for me? Questionable.
I've been recuperating at home since Monday. Applied for several jobs, started clearing out the guest bedroom to convert it to a nursery. Contacted an employment lawyer, just to see. I'm not litigious, but this doesn't pass the smell test. We'll see what a professional thinks. In the mean time, I'm lucky: DH has a good job, we can certainly live on his income alone for as long as it takes. Unfortunately, it looks like we're going to have to cancel the Alaska trip. That makes me madder than anything else, even though it's probably the least important. That trip was our family celebration: our anniversary, DH's and DD's birthdays. We were going to take her to see whales. She loves whales.
Total bullisht.
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