Pregnant and Job Hunting!

I recently had to leave my job and I’m struggling with the daunting task of job hunting, while 10 weeks pregnant!

My manager left and the company didn’t replace her, and after three months (esp once finding out I was pregnant) I couldn’t cope doing both jobs anymore so I quit. I’ve got a job interview in the morning and have had a couple of positive responses to applications but I find job hunting very difficult.

Has anyone else got experience job hunting while pregnant?

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I haven't but I know for a fact you have no obligation to tell your new employer or at interview that your pregnant. In fact you don't have to let them know until you have 15 weeks before giving birth x

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I had no luck once i was pregnant, you dont have to tell and its probably best not to, i did just because i end up having alot more appointments then most so i need the time off but once i told them i was x amount of weeks pregnant i could just see that they werent going to call me despite my experience so ive gone onto UC till after baby is born and then will go back to work lucky my husbands got a good job so UC just helps with a few bills

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Currently job searching VERY slowly because I am too sick and tired to execute the job search I planned.

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at 16 weeks I started working in a daycare and they were very understanding and I still didn’t tell them I was pregnant intill i was 30 weeks pregnant, but also I will admit it can be overwhelming working with kids all day and then going home and doing it again

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I’m 17weeks and went to an interview today and tried to suck it in as much as I could 😅

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My company is hiring !

We help families with their investments & insurance- we don’t require any experience either. Must be able to pass a background check.

Does that sound like something you’d be interested in learning more about?

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Not while pregnant but did it during mat leave after redundancy and it sucks. You might already be but make sure you structure your day - like applications only in the morning then have your afternoons to relax and look after yourself, or just research. Have a look at Flexa, Escape the City, Otta (it’s called something else now, welcome to the jungle or something?), Motherboard Charter, Ad Lib Recruitment for jobs that celebrate and actively discuss flexibility - Seatfrog are also worth a look depending on what you do x

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Hey, I am looking for advice or maybe just a vent.

I have been on maternity leave for 14 months. I had to leave abruptly due to a risk of infection that could have harmed my baby and left a week early. Before I left work, I was working 3 positions due to staff shortages and alot of my main role as manager was pushed to the side as more important roles took priority. Since being away, an incident has happened which has now "raised concerns" about my work and I have been placed under investigation. However, all raised concerns were either work that I could not finish due to staff shortages, actions that were guided by management above me or things that happened 2+ years ago which are untrue/ exaggerated.

Regardless of this, I have been treated unprofessionally. I have had 2 kit days where I was not informed about the incident and i was told 3 weeks before I started work. From there, I was constantly called/ texted about work/ the investigation by my manager. When I explained to her that I would need her to email me, this was not good enough for her- insisting I call her back when my child was awake from his nap. I was told it was an Informal investigation, to then find out it was a formal disciplinary. I was told I would be going back to work as normal, even setting up a plan for my shift and childcare and, upon chasing them regarding my working hours the day before I return, I was informed 1.5 hours before close that I would not be returning to my role as they need to put some paperwork in place as well as talk about temporary work relocation. None of which was mentioned and even when I had the formal disciplinary, they talked about me coming back to work the following week.

My question is, what are my rights? Has anyone else gone through this?

My partner is supposed to be working half days to collect my son who has never left my side. He has broken his foot and is unable to drive or walk far so I have to collect my son and take him home on my lunch break as I don't want him in nursery full time straight away. If I move to a different site temporarily, I wouldn't be able to do this.
I feel like they are pushing me out/ using me as a Scape goat as I know that they have done this before. I have proof as they have changed the website of the company to say the person currently in my role is manager rather than interim manager and they have promoted in-house for other positions without using maternity cover.
When I spoke to legal advice, they said that it sounded like a fishing exercise and they want someone else to blame.

Has anyone else used pregnant then screwed?

These last few weeks have been soul destroying as I put my heart and soul into that place to be treated like this. I haven't slept and I have been absent from my son as my mind constantly goes to work or im just emotionally exhausted .It's really put a huge dampener on my last few weeks of maternity and I have had to source childcare quickly for meetings. Even celebrating my son's 1st birthday felt tainted.

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