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treated differently at work when pregnant

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meandbump85 · 19/10/2018 15:17

I don't know if i am being hyper sensitive (probably), but i feel that people at work are treating me differently since finding out i am pregnant.
firstly, my line manager has not even said congratulations let alone have a chat with me (if you ask me, that is damn right ride!) so i am having to do everything via HR which can be a pain as they are not in the same building as me.
secondly, hardly anybody talks to me and this makes me feel so much of an outcast that i feel sad pretty much everyday i am here.

i have a horrid feeling that a few people have been bitching about me, (inc managers) and that when i come back after baby is here they will think of anyway to refuse my request and make up an excuse. Obviously i dont want to be around people that make me feel this way, but its my job of 10 years, and i deserve it if i want it after maternity leave.

Am i being stupid here, has anybody else been made to feel like this at work?

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Wordie · 19/10/2018 16:16

People are bizarre aren’t they. I felt exactly the same when I told my work. It’s like any respect I had from colleagues has gone because I’ve got pregnant.

Fuck ‘em!

Are you in the uk?

yesmelord · 19/10/2018 16:32

I was made to feel like this and it just got worse and worse... some of the ladies were after my job for when I left and they all turned on me.
My manager treated these girls like best friends and they all made my life hell.

This was 2016. I was made redundant after returning to work in January. I'm pregnant again now and the memories of the comments and how I was treated are haunting me this time around.

I wish I could forget about it all.

Some people are nasty bitches. I hope karma gets them eventually.

meandbump2019 · 19/10/2018 16:42

Yes i am in the UK.

AND YES....FUCK EM! Mad how a a year ago they were all being fed and watered at my wedding hey...

Hellolittlesunshinexxx · 19/10/2018 17:01

This happened to me. Also, when I was on maternity leave it was made very difficult for me to return due to so many issues. Do you have a union? Read up on your rights I.e- acas and maternity action. If I were you I'd discuss via email, or in supervision if it is recorded, your plans for returning and test the waters early on whether they are prepared to be flexible.

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