Would I be banned from MN if I applyed for this job!!

[lilymolly]

Firstly cant apply for it anyway as currently pregnant and due to take 12 months Mat Leave as of next March BUT............

I was offered the chance to apply for job selling SMA products to medical professionals.

I currently work in sales in Medical devices and hate current job and would like to sell to midwife/health visitors.

I am a pro breastfeeder and bf dd1 and plan to bf dc 2

Presuming this job involves selling follow on milk only, surely this does not mean I would be banned from mumsnet

I am going to get flamed are'nt I

[lilymolly]

oh its with a different company.

I have contacted the agency and asked if they would welcome a pregnant applicant
so waiting to hear.

but to be honest I still plan to have a full year off work so doubt any company would take me on- I know they cannot discriminate against pregnant women- but hey I live in the real world

[priceyp]

Besides next March? Do they even know yet?

[priceyp]

Lilymolly, being currently pg is no reason not to apply. Presumably you are planning atm to return to work. If you are due to take mat leave next March that's 6 good months in role before mat leave starts. For any employer someone already working for the organisation is (usually) already a better bet than a newbie. Go for it, might as well grab the opportunity - nothing ventured nothing gained. Also they cannot refuse you interview or the role on the grounds that you are pg.

[overthemill]

fishie, how do you get into fundraising? Do you need to do one of those charity courses?

[fishie]

i earn a bit more than that but i am fairly senior (have been doing it for 15 years) and am in central london.

there are different disciplines too, you'd probably do better with community fundraising, individuals or companies rather than big trusts or government.

[overthemill]

dont see why not - would think your likely empathy with mums would be good!

and anyway, its a job, you can learn skills from for career progression

[lilymolly]

do you think I should look into applying then?

[lilymolly]

fishie- do you do this as a paid job?

could I be so rude as to ask what your salary is? I am looking for about £25k plus

[overthemill]

i know someone who applied for a job and got it when 6 months pregnant and started it at 8 months taking full mat leave at 8 and a half months

[overthemill]

i know someone who applied for a job and got it when 6 months pregnant and started it at 8 months taking full mat leave at 8 and a half months

[fishie]

sorry that sounded horribly pious. i meant sometimes it is stressful but generally it is rewarding. the pay isn't too bad either.

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

Only if you were willing to commit industrial espionage to benefit the "cause"......

[fishie]

i'm a fundraiser

it is fun although a bit scary sometimes what with responsibility for keeping things afloat.

[lilymolly]

funny you should say that fishie

I am a trustee and secretary of local Riding for Disabled group and I am responsable for fundraising

That was one of my other options

[fishie]

you could work for a charity as a fundraiser. i bet you have loads of transferrable skills.

[lilymolly]

Oh all blue chip companies behave badly- have to work for someone and pay mortgage

[welliemum]

I think I'm with tissy, in that if someone has to do this, a breastfeeder would be a good choice, for balance.

But knowing the way formula companies behave, I wouldn't myself be confortable working for them tbh.

[fishie]

i had difficulty establishing bf. EVERY health professional i encountered (midwives, hospital bf adviser, gp, hv) was unable to help and suggested i use formula.

to think that having a job as a sales rep for a formula company will enable a bit of bf support on the side is a bit naive.

[lilymolly]

ignore last post- posted twice by accident

I would presume that selling the SMA milk would be not selling it over breast milk but rather selling it over amptimil or heinz for example.

[lilymolly]

Def was not on apprentice

How do you spell applied?

Job would prob sell first stage milk and prescription milk.

Presuming I am pro bf and offer sma as a second choice then surely thats not too bad eh?????

[zazen]

I mix fed my DD, due to complications with post section and mastitis etc... if it weren't for the odd bottle of formula my DD would have been a different baby. Finding the right formula was a long process as we had no information from midwives or health visitors.

I think you sound very suited to this job, passionate, committed and informed.

Unless of course you want to sell heroin.

Formula isn't Class A drugs folks!!

[lilymolly]

No was not on the apprentice

how do you spell applied?

After reading the website info- i suspect it prob is selling first stage milk to health professonals and other prescription milks.

Surely if I emphasise that BF is the BEST choice, and that SMA is a second when BF is not suitable then this will be ok

[tissy]

fishie,I am one, and whilst I agree that some can be in the dark about the mechanics of bf, not one that I know would claim that formula was as good or better.

my point is that lilymolly would not be pushing formula to the end consumer, but to people who's role is one removed. If they are ill-informed, it would not be her fault. In fact, a pro-breastfeeder is a GOOD person to be selling formula, I would say.

Now if she were planning to join Nestle, I'd never "talk" to her again......

[theSuburbanDryad]

You might get banned for spelling "applied" wrong...

[DontNeedAnything]

You weren't on The Apprentice were you...there was someone on there who sold medical devices