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Not to be sexist but...

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in January 2011 Moms

When I first got pregnant and told my boss he commented that women were "pretty much worthless" at work for the year including pregnancy and after.

At the time this pissed me off royally! And I still think he is a sexist pig - which he has proved more times than that one .

HOWEVER, I've got to say... right now I can see why someone could view my work as worthless. Not a nice adjective... but I'm not invested, can't focus and don't care to, cranky, forgetful, and just plain wish I wasn't working. Anybody else?

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  • mzclairemzclaire

    Um, yeah. ON both counts. It's fair to say that I'm not working at full potential right now - esp since I'm on the bump obsessing about babies instead of righting those reports!

    But even if a person thinks that pregnant women & new mothers are too distracted to get their work done, it's realy NOT OK to say that out loud, and in so dismissive a phrase as "worthless." yuck!

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  • tinytraxxtinytraxx

    Yeah Im pretty much a write-off at this point. Im not normally a lazy employee but now I cant concentrate and I am barely doing much while im here (as you can see!)

    I do know that I have 27.5 working days left until my mat leave, and yes, I am counting every one. I am also aware of the one vacation day I have left to use up. So that would make it 26.5 days haha.

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  • kedrin cobbkedrin cobb
    I'm with you.  Work is really slow right now.  I am so thankful because I am totally checked out.
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  • ildaliildali
    totally raising my hand on this one.
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  • pawcallpawcall member

    Yes :( 

    I can't keep ANYTHING in my brain for more than 3 minutes.  I feel pretty worthless and just try to make REALLY detailed lists all day.

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  • PeetiePiePeetiePie

    imageildali:
    totally raising my hand on this one.

    Same here Embarrassed

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  • Tracy6450Tracy6450 member
    Yeah it's hard to stay focused especially when I have a mental list of everything I want/need to do around the house and in preparation for LO's arrival.  I also think it doesn't help that I haven't been given any new projects that would typically fill up my work week because I am going out on maternity leave in the near future.  I have no idea what I'm going to do at the end of this month - the person who is taking over for me is going to be doing all of my month-end billings and reports and I'll just be sitting back, watching and answering any questions he may have. 
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  • houndbabyhoundbaby member
    I have very little motivation to do anything at work and just got an email this morning from the Dean's secretary because I forgot to give evals to one of my classes last week, oops. And I should probably be grading papers or something right now, but instead I'm on the bump and putting grading off until later.
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  • tinytraxxtinytraxx

    imagehoundbaby:
    I have very little motivation to do anything at work and just got an email this morning from the Dean's secretary because I forgot to give evals to one of my classes last week, oops. And I should probably be grading papers or something right now, but instead I'm on the bump and putting grading off until later.

    I work at a college and somehow over the past couple of weeks I "forgot" that I had two classes running this week. I neglected to send the students their class materials and pre-course assignments to have done by the start of class.

    This resulted in me dropping off course materials at the fire halls late Thursday night so the guys could get their stuff on time. AND I feel I need to apolgize to them tomorrow when they show up for class.

    What a loser!

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  • KeyRyn320KeyRyn320 member
    Worthless pregnant lady right here! I can't focus, I forget EVERYTHING, I'm sure there is something I need to be working on or checking up on but instead I'm on here writing about how I'm not working.
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