by upseydaisy » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:09 pm
Hi Firsttimer,
So sorry to hear about the issue your having with your employer. It's dreadful when your still on mat leave!
I also had a very horrendous experience, with my employer after 11 years service. I went back post maternity after a 10 month leave. I cut my mat leave short as I was feeling very vulnerable and insecure as changes were happening in the business. On my return my role had changed to a cover a wider remit, a challenging time to say the least! However I felt it was a positive move, and tried to get on with my job! 6 months later I was given an appraisal which was almost written about somebody else! Bearing in mind I had an exemplary performance record over the 11 years with my employer. The a**hole that I reported into clearly didn't want me in the business anymore, so he started to follow protocol by giving me a bad appraisal. I refused to sign it. Four weeks later I was called into the office presented with a letter informing me my role was at risk of redundancy!
Without boring you with all the detail, I instructed a lawyer whereby we sued them for sexual discrimination, and unfair dismissal! I won!
The conclusion to this - they hated the fact that I was a Senior manager who had to leave at 5.30pm to collect my child, and secondly I was the only Senior manager that happened to be a woman. before having a child I had no issues with my performance, my performance never questioned, or my commitment to the business. I worked my contracted hours yet it wasn't enough. To this day, I am still struggling to get back into work, because I believe I have been blackbulled out of the industry.
The most horrendous experience of my life, but equally I would not have done anything different. Seek out some legal advice - I have herd so many cases whereby women who go back post having a child, is suddenly treated like they do not have the ability to do their job!
Good Luck
Hi Firsttimer,
So sorry to hear about the issue your having with your employer. It's dreadful when your still on mat leave!
I also had a very horrendous experience, with my employer after 11 years service. I went back post maternity after a 10 month leave. I cut my mat leave short as I was feeling very vulnerable and insecure as changes were happening in the business. On my return my role had changed to a cover a wider remit, a challenging time to say the least! However I felt it was a positive move, and tried to get on with my job! 6 months later I was given an appraisal which was almost written about somebody else! Bearing in mind I had an exemplary performance record over the 11 years with my employer. The a**hole that I reported into clearly didn't want me in the business anymore, so he started to follow protocol by giving me a bad appraisal. I refused to sign it. Four weeks later I was called into the office presented with a letter informing me my role was at risk of redundancy!
Without boring you with all the detail, I instructed a lawyer whereby we sued them for sexual discrimination, and unfair dismissal! I won!
The conclusion to this - they hated the fact that I was a Senior manager who had to leave at 5.30pm to collect my child, and secondly I was the only Senior manager that happened to be a woman. before having a child I had no issues with my performance, my performance never questioned, or my commitment to the business. I worked my contracted hours yet it wasn't enough. To this day, I am still struggling to get back into work, because I believe I have been blackbulled out of the industry.
The most horrendous experience of my life, but equally I would not have done anything different. Seek out some legal advice - I have herd so many cases whereby women who go back post having a child, is suddenly treated like they do not have the ability to do their job!
Good Luck
