Work - Am I likely to be dismissed and do I have a leg to stand on?

[bump2b1987]

Just wanted to vent really and get some opinions on my situation.
Other half is working abroad and due back two months before the baby is due, which is hard in itself, as, although I have great friends I still feel quite isolated.
I work an hour away from where I live, so am up at 5am and don't get in til 7:30pm which is taking its toll with pregnancy tiredness.
Anyway, all was going well at work - I work in sales and had got great clien fback and won loads of competitions of late but this week boss pulled me into his office to reprimand me for poor fback from client survey, which was totally unwarranted and now it's left me feeling my job is really unsafe. I love my work so was genuinely upset, which my boss saw.
Anyway, now I'm panicking that preg is not going to be taken well when I announce and that, worse of all, I will be sacked with them citing the above reason in spite of my good performance to date.
Just feel so fed up and alone; I am so happy to be preg but am feeling like a failure at everything and that even going to work is a struggle at the minute without boss reprimanding me and making me feel useless.
What should I do if I'm dismissed, would this count as unlawful dismissal or would one poor survey result be considered reasonable grounds?
thanks for any answers in advance. feel realy tearful at the mo. xxx

How far along are you with the pregnancy?

If you've had great client feedback and won loads of competitions recently , why are you so upset about poor feedback from one client? Seems to me you are massively over-reacting - unless there is more to this than you've posted.

Surely your boss wanted to make you aware of the issue so you could work to 'fix' if possible. If you normally do so well, wouldn't boss see feedback from this one client as an aberration rather than the norm?

In your opinion, was the feedback warranted?

Congratulations on your pregnancy, btw.

It sounds like you've got a lot on your plate at home and I suspect you're being particularly hard on yourself. You don't give much information about the negative feedback, so it's hard to know how serious the whole thing is. You say you have a good track record and that this kind of feedback is unusual. Have you shared your concerns with your boss about it being unwarranted?

How long have you been in the role? As long as it's been more than a year, you have a right not to be unfairly dismissed. To defend an unfair dismissal claim, the employer would have to show that there was a potentially fair reason to dismiss you (the performance or conduct issues) and that dismissing you for that reason was within the range of reasonable responses open to it in the circumstances.

Unless its hands are tied because your behaviour has been so bad that it cannot risk setting a precedent for other employees, your employer would be unlikely to dismiss you over a small thing having invested in your development and when your performance has generally been good. Have you had a good relationship with your boss up to now?

Do you think they suspect you are pg and have got in early with this so if they want to wriggle out of paying you on maternity leave they are beginning to stack the cards up so they can do it and pretend it is nothing to do with your being pg?

Is there an hr person you could tell in strict confidence now in case you get caught on anything further down the line, even if it for something as getting to work a bit late because you are sick or having to pop out of meetings?

Good luck - and congratulations.