I found out last week that I'm pregnant - 5 weeks and 5 days to be precise (I think). I had a job interview sometime in February, was offered the job in March and planned to start in June. This got delayed with criminal record checks etc. and I am now starting in July, by which time I will be 10/11 weeks pregnant. What on earth am I going to do!?
I've recently completed a degree course and alongside this I've been working in the NHS part-time, earning just under 10k. The new job, is for another Trust, full-time, just over 21k. So I can't afford to stay where I am, especially as my maternity pay would be a lot less than the 10k. Maternity leave (which I would be entitled to as I've been in the NHS long enough) with the new employer would be more than enough for me to get by on, with OH's wage too.
But what should I do? Do I tell them before I've started and hope they don't come up with a reason not to get rid of me, or do I tell them after I started and make out I didn't know?
I feel so terribly guilty. I'll be going off on maternity leave 5ish months after I started and ideally I'd like to take the year, but that would mean they'd have to find a replacement who would by the end of the 12 months be more experienced than me. I know that I'm fairly well protected and that it would be difficult for them to get rid of me, but I'm more concerned that I will be disliked within the department. I have no idea what to do.. any advice would be much appreciated x
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Just found out that I'm pregnant but due to start a new job.. HELP!
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hannahbanananana · 24/05/2015 10:41
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