Applying for a promotion (new job at same company) but is it ok to keep quiet about pregnant?

[Magicrabbit]

I work for a large multinational company, been there 15 years and worked in many roles. I've been working towards a promotion for 18 months and a job has become vacant that I want to apply for now. I am 6 wks pg though and my dilemma is whether to share this news with the recruiting management team.

My gut feels that I don't want to because a) i had a mmc at 12 wks last yr so being cautious on sharing news with anyone until we get to 12 wk scan and its ok, and b) it should have no impact on the process for recruitment. I fear if I tell them it will impact the process in a negative way (our director is 'old school') but then again it will piss them off if I'm successful in getting the job, then tell them. I hope I'm under-estimating them that the news will taint their decision!

Would you keep quiet, as my gut feel is telling me to? It feels wrong to tell them before even my parents!

Thanks.

[Nevercan]

I would just carry on as normal until at least 3 months and apply if you want too. Is it a job you would want once you have a child or is it a more stressful position?

[nooka]

I think that 6 weeks is too early to tell anyone, especially with your previous MC, so I'd hold off for a while yet. I applied for a job at about the same point, and told them I was pregnant when I was offered the job. It did annoy them a bit, but then they didn't tell me that they were about to merge with another organisation (I might well not have accepted if I'd known) and I had a short maternity leave. I think if you are planning to take a significant amount of leave then you shouldn't hold off from telling the for too long.

[Magicrabbit]

Hi, I already have a ds so this will be my second dc. The job will mean more responsibility , hours and pressure but I think I'm ready for it and my dp supports me in going for it. It's manageable with a family.

[WidowWadman]

I'd keep quiet until at least the 12 week scan.

[RubyrooUK]

Apply, keep quiet for now. I did exactly this earlier in the year. My obvious next-step job came up - just as the positive appeared on the pregnancy test!

I applied and I'm glad. I lost the baby (not suggesting you will, obviously) but got the job several days later. While the job can never make up for my loss, it has been a distraction. And I feel that if I had not applied/turned it down/lost out due to pregnancy, then I truly would feel I'd been left bereft without a baby at the end.

Also, if I had stayed pregnant, even if I hadn't got the job, I would have had my new baby to look forward to, so I felt that applying was a no-lose situation.

Sorry, too much detail, but I think it's worth holding on to your news for now and seeing if you get the job. Good luck!

[blondiedollface]

I had an interview for promotion within my company, whilst pg, my area manager found out I was pg and I wasn't even allowed to interview for the position. She made up some BS about my service with the company not being long enough to be considered and that I'd had one days absence within my 6 months at the company. Person who got the promotion? Somebody I'd trained who'd been working there 7 weeks...

Don't tell them you're pg until you absolutely have to!!