Work /sickness

[Avearage]

So everyone who works where I am regardless of what's wrong unless your one of the click if your off sick you have the cold shoulder and look of we don't believe you at all.
Previously pregnant woman are treated like a burden to shifts and if there off sick there pathetic should get a grip its not an illness and oh another 6 months of this ...
I've come to work but I feel awful, due back tomorrow but just know I'm going to have that all to come maybe I should just come in and gin n bear it. Anyone else experiencing the same?

I would say yours and your babies health is more important than anything right now so if you need time off then take it.

Your right, feel slightly apprehensive and wish I could make a complaint without being outed,!! Maybe will old fashioned pen and paper a letter with complaint to head office!!

Iv been of loads to.
I'm constantly being judged by the other woman who have flown through pregnancy it's horrible :(

Hi, sounds horrid. You shouldn't let them make you feel bad, if you are sick then you should have the time off, try not to let them get to you. Whether it is a pen and paper letter or email complaint, it will still be known that it has come from you. Before doing that it might be worth considering an informal complaint to a local manager if you think you can do it.

I have had odd days here and there where I've come in and asked to go home, and those days i've pushed myself so far i've ended up needing hospital attention.

There's a woman that I work with that tells me how bad her sickness was and that she didn't take any medication because she refused it. I'm taking 3 lots of tablets now and am barely managing with them. It feels like she hugely judges me for it.

Everyone's bodies are so different and we all deal with this in our individual work, but I can tell you as a fellow sufferer, do not let what other people think/might say effect the way you take care or yourself and this baby. The only people it will be doing damage to is yourself and baby and those people wont know the half of it.

Please take care of yourself and take whatever time you need to. You are a priority

Thankyou ladies for the support... Although not nice knowing some of you are going through the same it's reassuring that I'm not alone xx
I can't face the backlash by not going so ive pre warned them it won't be my normal 100%.... But they couldn't care less about it as long as I'm there.

I may send a letter anonymous to head office as actually the fault lies with in house management and area management who recently called a member of staff in and called them a hypochondriac because of there mental health issues!!

I normally work shifts in a physical job but now I'm 28 weeks I only work 9am till 4pm or 5pm at a desk.

I had a one to one meeting with my manager yesterday who told me I needed to consider the hard work that my colleagues do because they dont have the luxury of going home early and aren't able to sit at a desk all day like me (I work approx 2 hrs less as I'm now on reduced hours. Normal shifts are 9-10hrs).

He then went on to say that because the others work so hard, it might be seen that I'm not pulling my weight and when I go home early, this may grate on the others who are often late off.

I was fuming. I always offer to help my colleagues where I'm able, have arranged supplementary extra work for myself so km always busy and have been late off work sometimes due to going out of my way to help my colleagues.

I feel your upset, no-one should be made to feel wrong for being sick or less of a colleague because they are pregnant.

Is that not discrimination cazzy?

Yes I think it is.

He also tried to get me to work the hours that suited him and not me. When I refused he implied I would be moved to another office because it would be easier for me. When I said I wanted to work within my team and not move offices his reply was "you cant have it both ways".

He has got marginally better since we had a slightly heated discussion whereby he admitted he hadn't read our maternity policy and I got my work maternity SPoC involved but I find him very passive aggressive and never leaves a paper trail making it my word against his