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Fun Fact Friday
March 26th, 2010
* I got fired today via a FedEx delivery. I’m not terribly surprised at the termination, just the way it was handled. I gave my company my doctor’s note saying that I was on bed rest, but that could work from home. They said I could do that or use my short-term disability. I chose to work from home now and use the disability for maternity leave after the baby was born. It took them a week to come up with a request for ANOTHER note from my doctor giving the dates of bed rest and more specific details on working from home. I had some trouble getting my doctor’s office to fax the note to HR, so I picked it up myself this week at my appointment. I had been in telephone contact with my HR assistant and my boss, so I thought everything was ok. I called HR today to let them know I had the second note for them and would drop it off today. She said that was great and we hung up. Literally, a minute later, my doorbell rang and it was FedEx with a termination letter. Apparently, my absenteeism is grounds for termination since I’m not covered under FMLA. However, I will be given “preferred” consideration for employment when I’m able to work full-time again. I understand that the timing for all of this was shitty and that the company had to do what they had to do, but why offer me the choice of working from home or using disability when they just intended to fire me?
* Last night, I watched some labor, birth and breastfeeding videos online. Afterward, I went to put on my jammies and discovered that watching the breastfeeding video spurred my boobies into action. I’m hoping this means I won’t have trouble breastfeeding The Boy.
* Gerald got a speeding ticket on the way to work today.
* I’m totally wearing white shoes today and it’s not Easter yet.
* I got this t-shirt from Threadless this week. It adds a special je ne sais quoi when a pregnant woman wears it. I’m nothing if not Klassy.
13 Responses to “Fun Fact Friday”
I’ve been thinking about this since you posted it on Twitter and dude!–I so can’t believe you got fired via FedEx. Made even more headscratching by the fact that it appeared as if they were willing to give you some options to keep you employed. Frankly, it’s just kind of shitty.
If you don’t mind me asking, where were you working at when you got fired?
Ugg, I am sorry. Whoever says that being pregnant/a mom in the workplace isn’t an impediment is full of crap.
LOVE the shirt!
Um, getting fired via Fed Ex is as bad as getting up with via Post-It. I am extremely anti-HR this week and this definitely does not help.
That totally sucks! SO not the way to handle that.
I LOVE that t-shirt for a pregnant woman. So funny.
I’m sorry, that first fact is not fun at all.
I know that in this situation there are things people in different parts of an organization are & aren’t allowed to do or say (or even know about), but it is just beyond shitty that one person told you to go ahead & drop off your paperwork while another had already dispatched your walking papers. That kind of stuff turns my stomach. Fuckers.
That shirt is so funny… it took me a minute to get it, though. Am dense today.
I can’t believe you got fired via FedEx! Really, someone couldn’t have picked up the phone? That is cowardly.
Sucks indeed.
Great shirt, though!
Well, that’s shitty. So passive aggressive to say, “Okay, Great!” Then, knock-knock!
Love the shirt though.
That sucks big donkey balls! (Can I say donkey balls here?) Anyway, reminds me of when I was 9 months pregnant with my son, and my boss called me into her office to tell me they weren’t going to pay me for maternity leave after all. Ummm, she waited until my freaking due date to tell me??? I went into labor that night, thank God.
That’s just horrible! I hope they come to regret their decision in the coming weeks.
Cute shirt!
Ugh. I’m so sorry about this. I hope you find a new working situation that is a better fit, and soon.
If you have a lawyer friend, I would definitely talk to him/her about your termination. You thought that you had done everything they asked you to do, you had been in constant communication with them, you followed through with the doctor notes like they asked. They could have told you something on the phone when you called. It just seems wrong….