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Pregnant & threatened with dismissal

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Bunny44 · 07/06/2023 07:41

I started a new job 6 months ago and found out I was pregnant a month later. Shortly after this my partner left me. It's been a really stressful time but I've tried to keep my head down at work and still deliver. It's a stressful job and I'm underesourced (several open headcounts in my team for a while) and I've flagged bandwidth issues many times and kept my manager in the loop on my priorities by weekly emails and meetings.

I told work I was pregnant 2 months ago so we could plan ahead for maternity cover.

I had a 6 month probation period which I just had a review about and they said they're extending my probation for a month since I haven't delivered a specific project which my manager wanted to see done. I have been working on it but it's not complete due to bandwidth issues which I'd flagged previously. He hadn't mentioned any issues with my performance until a month ago when he said he was disappointed this project wasn't completed. Since then I started focusing on this project and have made a lot of progress which I shared with him before my review but he was a bit dismissive and only wanted to focus on why it wasn't delivered before and implied I wasn't hard working enough. I was told that the 3 outcomes of the review in a month is that my probation is signed off or extended or my contract terminated. I asked for clear deliverables that need to be achieved by this date on email.

However I feel so stressed about this hanging over me. It's been a really really hard time emotionally due to the break up, pregnancy hormones and workload levels. I'm now struggling to eat and sleep (often sleeping less than 4 hours) and in turn feeling anxious about the baby. I will only have statutory maternity as is and no partner support so I can't afford to just leave but I feel really worried about the physical impact of this stress while pregnant. HR knows that I found this all very upsetting and stressful so not sure what else I can do but just get on with it, however I suspect now they just want me to leave so the situation feels hopeless. I feel very isolated, unsupported and depressed and not sure where to turn.

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greyhairnomore · 10/06/2023 11:06

Premiumbondbaby · 10/06/2023 09:19

@greyhairnomore mind your own business this thread is in work and about the op being unlawfully managed out of their job.

And potentially losing her and her child's home because of money. Too many idiot men get away without paying.
There's no excuse except being dead

Premiumbondbaby · 10/06/2023 17:30

@greyhairnomore or using a sperm donor.

Bunny44 · 10/06/2023 21:59

Or they have no money :)

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Fluffyowl00 · 10/06/2023 22:10

Can’t be of any help on the job front, but once you get below £1200 per month on Maternity Allowance or SMP (which is after about 6 weeks). you will be entitled to universal credit if you have less than £6000 in savings. If you have more than that could you speak to your mortgage provider about paying mortgage payments upfront for 6 months and then taking a mortgage holiday for that period? I only managed to survive on maternity pay + UC top up by not having to worry about my mortgage and it gave me a few more months with my baby. Check out turn2us for figures etc.

Try to limit your worrying. You will be ok xx

Bunny44 · 10/06/2023 23:25

Fluffyowl00 · 10/06/2023 22:10

Can’t be of any help on the job front, but once you get below £1200 per month on Maternity Allowance or SMP (which is after about 6 weeks). you will be entitled to universal credit if you have less than £6000 in savings. If you have more than that could you speak to your mortgage provider about paying mortgage payments upfront for 6 months and then taking a mortgage holiday for that period? I only managed to survive on maternity pay + UC top up by not having to worry about my mortgage and it gave me a few more months with my baby. Check out turn2us for figures etc.

Try to limit your worrying. You will be ok xx

Ok that's really helpful to know. So it doesn't matter if I own my own home? Does it matter how much your earnt the rest of the year though because I will have earnt for 5 months previously in that tax year?

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