Managers asking me if I am a mom when I go to interviews. Is it just me that this happens to?
I have had too many times where the managers would ask me "Do you have kid(s)?" During a job interview. They either straight up ask me if I have kid(s) OR they ask me "Why can't you work during these day(s)/times?" After I tell them my availability because most of them want people who have open availability.
My mom has 4 kids and somehow never had this issue because she had a bigger social support system to help her with child care. But me? I have 1 kid and don't have as much of a social support system as she did. When I told her about the interviewers asking me if I have kids she said "I have 4 kids and still got a job." In angry tone. As if she thought I was either lying or using that as an excuse. Why does everyone hate kids?
Even BEFORE I became a mom some interviewers would ask me if I had kid(s) and then they hired me after I said "No." I never realized how discriminative the question was until after I became a mom.
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I also want to point out that I rarely hear about them asking a MAN this question. Only women.
These questions may violate your civil rights because they aren’t relevant to the job performance. They can only ask after you’re hired. If you’re not able to schedule because of your kids you could just say you have prior commitments.
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