Apologies in advance for my pregnancy rage but I've been crying all morning and genuinely feel upset about what I have been offered. My situation is that i have been working for the same company for 5 years and for various reasons (that I wont go into) I know they value my very highly. I have fallen pregnant (currently 22 weeks) and asked for a copy of maternity policy - they didn't have one. My Director then said "Before we give you the policy, how long do you want off?" I was honestly thinking they would be fairly generous with the package and said 6 months max - because I didn't want to take the Michael. I have chased this up and been told they offer stat maternity pay. Whilst I understand this is what many women get I am a little dissapointed due to my own personal work circumstances and what the company expect me to do for them in the future. I'm thinking that they will presume I will want to go back to work asap now to claim my usually high wage - but now I know it's just stat pay and that my employer will get this back from Government i'm more inclined to take the full year. My husband and I will be fairly tight for a full year on stat pay but i'm thinking if work aren't paying for it I should take advantage of time with my baby. I'd be interested to hear how everyone else fairs in the maternity pay/leave situation....
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Chunderella ·
03/09/2014 15:37
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