Does anyone feel this way about their work

alysalouton · January 2012

Now i first want to say that I don?t by any means expect sympathy from anyone for being pregnant but at the same time i wish my work actually acted like they cared. I work at a preschool and some of you may read that yesterday i found out i had pneumonia. Well when i found out i called and told them i couldn?t come in today and they were mad at me. It?s not like its a simple cold its pneumonia and i?ve been working more that i usually have to the last week being sick with this so i think i need a day off. If i wasn?t pregnant i probably would have gone to work but i have other things more important to take care of like my son! Also they don?t realize, even though i mentioned to them, that i can?t lift kids anymore because they are too heavy and that i can?t put out the kids beds anymore. They still make me do all this and after i do things like this my stomach is always in so much pain! You would think since all my bosses are moms they?d understand but they don?t seem to care. What makes me more mad is girls come in hung over from the night before and get sent home for being ?sick? and then you have the pregnant woman who is sick and they get mad at you

sorry for the vent i just am getting very stressed at work lately because they are making me do too much.

BlakeG · January 2012

I'm so sorry. It seems like they are being real jerks. If it were me, I would just refuse to do things that require heavy lifting. Get a note from your OB saying how much you can actually lift. Like you said, you have to worry about your baby and if lifting children or moving beds is giving you stomach cramps, clearly you are doing too much. I don't understand how some people can be so insensitive and uncooperative. Hang in there.

alysalouton · January 2012

knowing i have 6 and a half weeks left is whats getting me through it!

avalovesart · January 2012

Besides the points made above...why would they want you to come into a preschool with pneumonia anyway?? Won't you be likely to spread that to all the children?

mixedqt21 · January 2012

It always amazes me how women that have had kids are the least sensitive to being pregnant. Were they superwoman?? I wouldn't do the heavy lifting either. Especially if it is causing you pain. Not worth the risk hurting you or the baby.

alysalouton · January 2012

avalovesart:
Besides the points made above...why would they want you to come into a preschool with pneumonia anyway?? Won't you be likely to spread that to all the children?

i also have pink eye and everytime ive had pink eye there they dont let me call out because since im an adult i can control myself with touching my eyes and spreading it. at least thats what they say but sometimes ive had it so bad where all i do is rub my eyes.

Ya Never Know · January 2012

I would seriously side-eye a preschool that wanted their employees to come in sick, especially with something like pneumonia, which is contagious and could seriously harm a child.

songstress503 · January 2012

Preaching to the choir honey. I was in exactly the same situation. Funnny enough I literally described my boss as wanting us ( there are two of us pregnant) to be superwomen. my only solace is that being Canadian I have 1 year leave so I am off work. They were really unhelpful when there was fifth disease in my class. Blahhh.

But as far as mom's being less sympathetic it goes both ways. Not only was my boss ( mother of 4 ) a hardass, my immediate co-worker was at least as bad. I really really like her most of the time, but she had infertility problems so has not experienced a pregnancy herself ( but is in love with ehr adopted son). The worst situation was one day when we were laying the kids sleeping mats. I had devised a system which made it so I did not have to bend over at all during the process. One day she dumped the bag I was working on on the floor. I said something to the effect of " great, now you to pick it up". Her response was " oh c'mon pregnant women bend over all the time". I tried to play it real cool and said " yeah, if it didn't tkae me 300 seconds to get down and another 30 seconds to come back up". We laughed and moved on. But secretly I was beyond pissed.

bonez1219 · January 2012

I work at a home daycare & literally was complaining to my mom about this yesterday! I am beyond stressed with work. Its only myself & the lady who owns the daycare that work here (the other girl that we had quit & I dont think she plans to hire anyone else). Ive tried not to be the pregnant girl that complains all of the time or acts like she cant do anything & I feel like its biting me in the ass. My boss broke 2 ribs over the Xmas break because she was drunk & now she acts helpless & has added more work onto me. It pisses me off because I am pregnant, not a drunken idiot that cant control my wine. Everyday I have to set up & take down 3 pack & plays for nap time. Those things are sooo heavy & I almost fell into one trying to get a sheet onto the pad! To make matters worst my boss is always leaving me by myself with 5 two-yr olds, a 1 yr old & an infant while she goes shopping or does laundry, or whatever her excuse is for the day. Ive caught her in so many lies about what shes really doing. As if all of this isnt bad enough, she took on another child that has the worst case of seperation anxiety that I have ever seen. The child literally cries for 8 hours straight, stopping for not even 5 minutes at a time. It doesnt matter what you try to console her, she just screams all day long. It is very stressful & because she wants the $ she lies & tells the parents, "ohh she had such a great day today!" I feel stuck because shes a total liar but what am I supposed to do? Ughhh. I totally feel your pain & at this point I cant wait to go on maternity leave, even though I wont be getting any pay for it.

alysalouton · January 2012

by saying you dont want to be that complaining pregnant woman you reminded me of another thing that annoys me. we have to always have 2 teachers in my room and when we have to go potty we have to call and they send someone in well i call and noone comes in. so i call again 5 minutes later and still noone comes in. they know my voice so they know its me but yet they dont think oh maybe she really has to go. ive gotten to the point where i just go without calling now and when they get mad at me i tell them um you dont come when i call to begin with

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