Currently 27 weeks with my seccond baby. I work in food and bevarage in a hotel. Im employed by the same company that i wss with my first and had no problems with work with my first, worked up till the day before i was induced (early) then came back after 7 months, they were very supportive/understanding throughout my pregnancy and return.
Managment has changed since my last pregnancy, the assistant manager of my department beeing promoted to manager and a change in general manager, new HR/accountant that now works from home and i only have her email.
A suppervisor a few weeks ago pulled me a side at the start of my shift and said make yourself visable carrying trays as a member of the team that is working today has made a comment on me not carrying trays to the manager and using my pregancy as an excuse and the manager has said i shouldnt be using my pregnancy as an excuse not to carry trays. I have not stopped carrying trays, the only time i ask someone to carry a tray for me is if its a big heavy loaded up tray. So now i feel like i cant ask for help at work and i feel exhasted by lunchtime from making exra efforts to try carry more than i should. The comment has really upset me. Then last week the same supervisor made a huffy comment saying not to take help from other departments when a manager from annother department offered to carry a tray of food from the kitchen to the resturant for me as there was quite a bit of food and the plates are heavy and she was going that way anyway as her office is next to the resturant. The hotel is not all on one level and the distance from the kichen to the resturant has about 15 stair steps to go up and down, not easy to walk when im already having to look over a bump when walking the stair steps.
My manager is not very approchable and i get a vibe that hes not happy with my pregnancy, been giving me less hours (0 hour contract, was doing 3 shifts a week but now only beeing offered 2 and the excuse is theres not ennough busness but then employed 2 new people) and took me weeks of asking to do a risk assement which took me to complain to the general manager that its not been done for him to do it and was very blunt and huffy throughout, hes also questioned and comented why im sat down, litrealy for 10 secconds after breakfast service after beeing on my feet for 3 hours when on my risk assesment it says i should not be on my feet for more than 3 hours.
I feel so down when i go into work and cannot wait to go on maternity leave, i feel like im failing myself as im going alot earlier than i did with my first. Im struggling more this time with tiredness and sickness and looking after a toddler that still wakes in the night. Im due to go to work tomorow and the thought makes me want to cry, im already feeling like crap with barely keeping any food down the past few days and my toddler beeing up in the night more with an ear infection. I already know im going to struggle tomorow but i know im going to have to power through as i cant afford to loose a day pay as my hours were cut this week and again next week.