I did not see this one coming. I thought everything was fine at work but I knew my boss wasn’t happy about my work while I was pregnant, I had a difficult pregnancy and had to take days off when pregnant due to tiredness. But since nothing was addressed before I went on leave at the time, I just thought they understood. When I had a baby I got a call from HR and my colleagues congratulating me.
So when it was time to resume. I enrolled my baby in a daycare close to work, but new clothes because I had added weight and resumed as usual. I had got to work by 8.00am on Monday morning and was even catching up with my colleague when my manager called me into his office and started explaining that with the recession, they cannot no longer afford to give me a job. I did not know when I burst out crying. Why did they not tell me when I was on mat leave, the small money I had been managing was spent on work clothes and enrolling my baby in daycare.  The reason they stated was “consistent underperformance.”
I don’t even know what to do now. The job market is terrible and with my new baby I don’t know how I will cope.

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