I work for a big global bank and have done for almost 8 years. My team is about to go through a big restructure, we've known that it is coming for a while, and whilst I don't know what it looks like, the rumours are that my team and another time will be merged and either me or my counterpart will get the job as head of the combined team. The other will either report into the head or will be given another role. At this time I don't think this will be a redundancy situation but there is always that possibility.
I am 12 weeks pregnant. I'm not celebrating yet following 2 miscarriages last year (it's the 12 week scan tomorrow so may feel more confident after that) so haven't told anyone. I was wondering when people thought it would be the best time to tell my boss the news (all being well).
We are likely to find out the new structure at the end of March and I think that there will then be a process to determine who should get the head of team role. My company has form in not giving people who are pregnant promotions so I am a little worried that if I tell them now I will ultimately be out of the running before the process even opens. But if I don't tell them until I find out if I have the job then they will be really annoyed with me when they find out I'll be going out on maternity leave 4 months or so after getting it and it would not put me in a good position going into the new role.
Of course, there is no guarantee I would get it - I'm better in one aspect than the other person, he is better in another aspect, neither of us would be happy working for the other.
Any advice?