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Signed off work but don't want to go back!

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KTot93 · 06/01/2020 14:02

I am 12 weeks pregnant :D and chuffed to bits after having a miscarriage earlier in the year.
I started a new job before I got pregnant which is, funnily enough maternity cover. I hate the job and the girl I work with is particularly difficult... she loves to point out everything I have done wrong and gets really cross with me because I haven't adopted the vision she has which is "this job is her whole life".... I mean, she sleeps with a work laptop next to her!!
I have been getting really stressed and anxious and on a Sunday night I will start getting really bad cramps and my heart rate goes mad and then I don't sleep all week. Come Friday night and I start to calm down. Well, I can't live like this so I spoke to the DR who signed me off for 2 weeks with stress and anxiety. I feel like a weight has been lifted on me and now I really don't want to go back! I am worried about leaving though because if I get a new job then it makes maternity pay difficult???

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cabbageking · 06/01/2020 16:50

Check out Maternity Allowance which is often the same rate as SMP.

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