Working in HR and pregnant
So I have 2 more weeks left before I go on maternity leave and I am struggling!! I’m 36 weeks pregnant and I’ve been booked on to doing job interviews for my department and I just cannot deal. I have also been asked to work on a employee dispute case as well as working on a project and I just don’t have the mental capacity for it these last couple of weeks. Have any of you pushed back on certain tasks/projects during this stage? I do work from home but I am feeling like I am experiencing mental burnout. Not to mention the heatwave adding to the fun lol
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Do you think you can take few days sick off? It’s perfectly acceptable that you’re not feeling well..?
At around 29/30 weeks, I got occupational health involved. I was seriously struggling during the commute on the tube let alone my actual job. I booked my full holiday entitlement just before my maternity leave started so that helped ALOT. I would tell you to book the next 2 weeks as holiday but if baby comes before your holiday is done your maternity leave automatically starts.
Ahh you work from home? You could take some days off sick then the rest as holiday if you can.
I feel for you… I remember trying to conduct interviews at this stage of pregnancy, and the candidates must have thought I was rubbish 😅 I couldn’t string a sentence together. Someone in HR actually offered to just take it off my plate - they could see I was finished 😆I started mat leave at 37 weeks, and the last couple of weeks I just had to lighten the load. You’ll know better than me (being in HR) but I think you’d have to start mat leave early rather than going off sick at this point. Maybe you could see if anyone else could take these things on? If not, then you might have to see what your options are to start May leave early. I know some women sail through these later stages, but I was so done! Good luck xxx
Hey! I work in People Ops and I would definitely have a convo with your manager about how you’re feeling and see if you can push back and get a lighter workload. If you go on sick leave in the 4 weeks before you’re due your employer is entitled to trigger your maternity leave after the first day of absence. If you’re really struggling might be worth just starting your leave early xx
Thanks for the comments/suggestions! I won’t take sick leave as I’m almost there anyway but I think I will push back on the employee dispute as it’s a bit too much mentally especially don’t want to deal with something heavy during the last couple of weeks!
I just had a chat with my line manager and she agreed I will have minimal involvement so that parts been solved!
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