Hey I recently applied for a job that I am interested in. Problem is I am also not working at the moment. I’m not receiving any benefits however. I’m 14 weeks pregnant and before leaving work I had just started a new job, found out I was pregnant and within two weeks had to take 3 weeks off work due to stress. I was and still am suffering anxiety although I am getting better gradually.
Whilst off I realised with how I felt about this new job (which was so like my old job and worse in so many ways) I just couldn’t bring myself to go back there and so decided to leave. I left in good terms with the manager who said they were happy to give me a reference. I must mention I was working for the same organisation directly before that for over a year and had no absences so hopefully that stands by me.
I’m interested in this new job because it doesn’t have any of the factors which made me so anxious about the others, in hindsight the jobs were too similar and I shouldn’t have made the move. I felt so foolish, especially as I was losing OMP and just moving into a new home with my partner. Stress levels were off the scale.
How should I discuss my situation with occupational health if the time comes, course I still have to be successful at interview. By then I’ll likely be receiving maternity allowance and quite clearly pregnant. The turn around times from successful application to interview to occupational health are verrrrry slow in my experience.
I really want to get this job as it was the job I have been waiting to see come up for a while now. I think I would do well in the role and I think it would suit my personality better.