Boss arouses indignation about shocking texts to the employee’s maternity leave request: “Is this a joke?”

An uncomfortable SMS exchange between a pregnant employee and her boss of a request for maternity leave has yielded an online fire storm.

British career expert Ben Askins regularly shares videos on social media that call doubtful workplace behavior.

But a recent video the author and expert Posted with an ‘ugly’ response to the ‘reasonable’ maternity leave request from a pregnant woman, saw him burn her employer as one of the top three of the worst bosses I have encountered ‘.

Ben shared the text exchange with his Tap account in one video That has been viewed nearly 590,000 times since then.

The messages started with the pregnant employee who confirmed that her manager had received her e -mail about maternity leave requests for February ‘.

The boss replied: ‘I saw it and I wanted to talk to you about it. Is there a way you would consider reducing how long you want to last? If you are sure that you will continue, you would be open to discuss it all. I am a bit worried about the costs from our side. ‘

The female employee – clearly amazed by her boss’s response – then tried to justify her reason to take her legally substantiated maternity leave. She even offered to be as helpful as possible for the person who would temporarily replace her.

She replied: ‘Oh okay, I hoped to take as much time as possible. This is my first child and wanted to get so used to being as older as possible, especially since my family lives quite far away. ‘

“I will ensure that all my responsibilities are seamlessly transferred and help interview matt coverage, but I really want to take the full amount,” she went on.

The uncompromising boss, however, remained his pregnant employee acts about the ‘burden’ that she reportedly caused by taking maternity leave.

‘The challenge is that this is a small company, and it is quite a burden to have to pay both your mat leave and your mat coverage. I’m just not sure how we can handle it, “he replied.

At this point, the pregnant woman continued to argue for her ‘rights’ – even make generous offers to help her employer while she is gone.

She wrote: “I appreciate that, but this is not fair to care, I am happy to support, but I am good within my rights to do this.”

“I will try to support the way I can, ensure that everything is in place for a smooth transfer and can also be on calling for emergencies if that helps?”

The worried employee ended the message: “Is my pregnancy going to be a problem for my role in the company?”

Most likely that he was looking for precarious employment law area, the boss tried to trivialize the discussion at this stage.

‘Not at all! Your pregnancy is absolutely fine because of me, we are a family business, “he replied.

Nevertheless, he remained feelings of guilt about the maternity leave request.

He continued: ‘[J]ust no ideal timing for me that’s all. But if you are not going to help and shorten the time, then there is nothing further for us to talk about, I think. ‘

Employment expert Ben, who reads the SMS messages in the social media aloud videoIs unable to bite his tongue on different points while telling again.

One of his subjects dissected the ‘disgusting’ behavior of the manager.

Ben was determined that the boss in this scenario ‘was fully aware of what he is doing’.

‘He tries to use guilt to in fact refrain from her rights [to take the full length of maternity leave]… because you can go a bit: “Oh no, she agreed.”

The commentator in the workplace added that the woman’s request was completely ‘reasonable’ and noted that she went with additional help, as far as recruitment for her replacement and transfer.

In the end Ben said that it was not the ‘problem’ of the woman that the company can struggle financially with her leave right – and that it is her right as an employee to take maternity leave.

“That’s not her problem, that’s your problem,” he said. “If she is not a shareholder, she is not a director in the company, it is not her company, that is a problem.”

The video has attracted nearly a thousand responses – many of them indignantly about the uninhabitable behavior of the employer.

“This is the kind of boss that makes you looking for a different job while you are on leave,” read an answer.

“She would not even justify anything,” added another.

“The gas light and the debt are more than devils,” chimde in a third.

Many of the comments were also sadly sad by the manipulative language used by the manager in his SMS messages.

A commentator wrote: ” No ideal timing for me. ‘Yes, I mean Sheesh, couldn’t your boss come up with while you have your baby pregnant? ‘

Another brave question: “They just suggested that she received an abortion because of the company results of the company?!? ‘?

A third added: “” If you don’t help “is an insane thing to say, especially after she said she is more than happy to arrange coverage and everything else before she leaves.”

It was unclear from the reports in which jurisdiction the employee was, but many commentators noted that pregnancy leave was a legal work in various countries – including Australia – and that she can have land to take legal steps against her employer.

‘Wow … .. Save this, go to an employer lawyer. Get a scheme, enjoy it! ‘Read an answer.

Another wrote: ‘This is a Dunk discrimination case by Slam Dunk. Employers must understand that Clippen prices may be unlimited. ‘

Unfortunately, it also turned out that this exchange was not an isolated incident, with many commentators who would share their own horror story reactions on earlier maternity leave applications.

“I had a line manager refused to discuss it with me because” your baby could still die until the end, “read a stunning remark.

“My old manager tried to convince me to have an abortion … They wondered why I didn’t want to go back after getting my baby,” read another wild answer.

Another person wrote: “My old boss tried to tell me that I only had half a pregnancy time with my second child, because I had already done the full pregnancy binding time with my first.”

Although many comments were indignant about the answers of the boss, there was a small chorus that claimed to understand where the employer came from.

“Although he is incorrect, you cannot prevent small companies from avoiding women of fertile age to lower the costs,” read an answer.

“For small companies, maternity leave – even if they are protected by the law – can have a huge impact on the company, especially if it does not perform financially,” read a part of a different comment.

Another contributed: ‘[S]o Many companies such as these do not like to hire young women, because the potential for taking maternity leave is high. ‘

A discouraged female employee responded to the viral video with an reported comment that attracted more than 1,600 likes.

The woman wrote: ‘We are assessed by society if we don’t want children and then punished for work if we do. We are assessed for working with 9-5 and have a career in children, but therefore assessed whether we stay at home full-time with children. Women cannot win. ‘

In Australia, the Paid parental leave Scheme is managed by Services Australia and offers financial support to eligible working parents to take free from work to ensure a newborn or recently adopted child.

Some employees receive payments from parental leave from the Australian Government Parental Leave Loonwhile others will receiveMelooder financed by parents leave payments. In some cases a person can both receive.

According to the Fair Work Act, all employees in Australia are eligible for Up to 12 months unpaid parental leave If they have completed continuous service with their employer for at least 12 months.