I have a surgery coming up and my doctor signed papers for me to take job-protected leave for two months while I heal. A portion of it will be unpaid but I live with my mom and the break will be nice.
I meet with my two supervisors to see about redistributing my projects for that period. Before one of the leads even wishes me luck or anything that might be considered proper when preparing for this, emphasizes that she hopes I return early so it’s more convenient for them. No one was asking you to come back early from the Bahamas and that was just a vacation. I’m having life-changing surgery, my body is changing permanently. Not to mention we have 3x more people than when I started. You’ll live, the same way we did when my coworker took maternity leave at a much busier time of the year (they too were on her ass to hurry up because newborns only last 3 months I guess).
So yeah, I’ll definitely be taking that two months off…