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September 27, 2008
Tarah716 (re:maternity leave)
Hi. It seems so strange to me to be paging you over here, but since it is BR I'm trying to respect the TN girls 
I saw below that you are going back to work after 4 weeks. And I'd like to know more...is this b/c its your company policy? How did you come to his decision??
Im asking becasue I just found out my company maternity leave policy is 4 weeks (unpaid), there are 10 of us and so there's no FMLA, and my bosses have determined that the company cannot afford for me to be gone longer than 4 weeks. I've basically been in tears every time I think about leaving a 4 week old baby and returning to my office. So.. any moral support of hope you can give me would be appreciated.
Feel free to PM if you'd rather! TIA!
September 27, 2008This discussion has been closed.
Re: Tarah716 (re:maternity leave)
We don't have a company policy for maternity leave - it's a 99% male dictated workplace and we too do not fall under the FMLA for family leave. Our maternity leave is 100% unpaid - no matter how long it is.
I was originally going to take six weeks off, use my two weeks of vacation to get at least two weeks of paid leave and then come back. But I realized there was no way we were going to be able to survive a month without my paycheck - we would be so far behind on bills and so tight. Since Jason just got a new job it'll help out but we still need my paycheck to help us get back up to speed quicker.
I'm very sad about having to come back after 4 weeks, my MIL is going to have to watch the baby for two weeks because the daycare center we're using won't take the baby until they're 6 weeks old. But I have to do what I have to do and I know that the baby will be well taken care of and loved at each spot.
It'll work out - it might be really hard at first but it'll be OK, I have to trust that. I'm sure once I figure out a new schedule it won't bother me as much.