How did you tell coworkers?

HotChocolate79 · November 2011

I already told managment. Not sure what to do about coworkers - let them figure it out themselves or tell? I am friendly with people, but not particularly close to anyone.

joshandpanda · November 2011

Im the same way with my co-workers... I told the few that I am closest too (my dept lol) and then it just kinda floated around, and now id say about 90% of the company knows... GL

annerz22 · November 2011

I'm pretty close with the girls that sit around me and the few people I work directly with. We call the area that we sit in "shanty town" because when we first had this space it was made of random cubicles, recycled desks, and just a mishmash of random office supplies. I sent out an email with the 10 people I wanted to know directly from me with the title "Shanty Town's Newest Edition" and I attached a scan of the ultrasound. Everyone was super happy.

Foreveryone else who I don't work with regularly or I'm not close with, I figure they would figure it out over time and/or hear it from someone else.

I think you could just tell the few people you are friendly with and overtime everyone else will catch on.

elviebird · November 2011

I told one person and let the gossip train take care of the rest!

SometimesRunner · November 2011

I'll tell the one coworker that I'm close to and my boss in person, everyone else will find out through email. I have one coworker who announced she was pregnant two years ago when she was 6 weeks along only to later miscarry. I think she may have stopped TTC now, but I don't know how she'll feel when we announce so I don't want to make a big deal about it.

ErinR2012 · November 2011

elviebird:
I told one person and let the gossip train take care of the rest!

Haha I'm guessing the news didn't take long to spread!

Only 1 person at work knows so far. I'll probably tell boss and managent in the next week or two. I'm not eager to though, since I'm 99% sure I'm not coming back but I'm not ready to answer those questions yet! Not sure how to tell other coworkers, probably just let news spread on its own.