WAHM - Communicating to manager about pregnancy
I work full time from home, and my manager lives in a different state than I do, so I do not see her or talk to her very often - I've also only reported to her for a few months, so I don't feel like I "know" her that well - she is very hands off, and I have the type of job where as long as I am getting my work done and there are no issues, there is not a lot of communication.
Next week, I plan to tell her that I am expecting baby #2. Any thoughts on how I should go about this? Should I set up a more formal conference call to tell her, or put it in writing in email and then call her to discuss? Or do you think putting it in writing at this point is overkill?
I'm probably more paranoid than I should be, however shortly after telling my manager at my former company that I was pregnant with DS, my workload was gradually decreased and I was laid off at the beginning of my third tri.
Appreciate your thoughts, thanks!
Re: WAHM - Communicating to manager about pregnancy
When I was pg with DD, I worked part time from home for my remote employer (it was continuing a job I used to do in an office full time, after I moved out of state). Since my supervisor and I communicated exclusively by email, I told him by email...it honestly didn't occur to me to do otherwise. One thing that might be a little different is maternity leave arrangements, though (I didn't have benefits, although they were voluntarily extended to me for 6 weeks)...might be easier to call, in that you can talk about that at the same time (email might be more awkward).
That stinks about your last experience!
Oops I guess I am soon to be WAHM - I just work at home but I'm no one's mother yet LOL!