AIBU to lose my rag completely with my employer?

[Edumacator]

I was a science teacher in a secondary school. When I fell pregnant, I told my employer early on because I had a high-risk pregnancy and needed lots of appointments as well as obvious issues of my role (chemicals, fire, fumes but also working in a school with poor behaviour and very frequent physical alternations and incidents). Within a week, my school posted an advert online for a new science teacher to start as soon as possible. I raised it and was told that they’re intending to expand the department - first time that’s been mentioned and the school isn’t growing in student numbers (it’s not a school of choice locally). Not to mention, they wouldn’t expand a department mid-year because they’d have to reshuffle all the timetables and room allocations etc. But, the state of teaching being what it is, they didn’t get any applicants so no one was hired. I’m currently on maternity leave and I won’t be returning - I have a job that’s not in teaching lined up. I just gave my employer my notice to leave at the end of the Easter holiday - giving the required notice. Just got my payslip via email and the bastards haven’t paid me anything this month. AIBU to be absolutely sick to death of this shit now?

Sorry, committing the cardinal sin of no RTFT.

Just in case no one's said it:

HA! 3 months full pay! What?! (And disclaimer, my last maternity was over 5 years ago).

I got 2 weeks full pay. Another 4 at 90% and the next 3 months on 50% + SMP (and then I came back to work because it would have been just SMP for a bit and then nothing).

Full pay for 3 months 😂 good one

They didn't try and replace you..... The school made a business decision to advertise early and made it attractive by advertising it permanent. They are able to do this at the risk they will be over staffed.

Exactly. Sounds like an entirely logical and sensible business decision

If you've had OMP and you're not returning you'll need to repay it. They haven't paid you to avoid a bigger overpayment.

Read the OPs posts

@Edumacator have you managed to speak to HR/payroll?

Yes YABU, it will be an error. I can't believe you have gotten this far through life and still think payrolls don't make mistakes 🤣

So. Give your head a wobble, you sound like my 14 year old DD. Hopping on social media and catastrophising before trying to sort things out in a straightforward manner.

Ring your employer and speak to them politely.

You definitely still have some life lessons to learn

Fucking hell. Some of these comments are absolutely atrocious. I'd be fucked off to high heaven if I didn't get paid.

Come on guys be kind

I realised I hadn't been paid one week ( paid weekly) queried it and they'd paid my ds who had worked at the same place previously ( university student). He definitely kept quiet about it!