I posted this in another sub about pregnancy but was basically told it sucked but to let it go. I just want validation as this still bothers me.
TL:DR – Started a new job in mid-March, got pregnant late-March & had severe morning sickness so couldn’t complete work tasks on time. My hours were cut in half mid-June (not what I wanted). They brought back a former employee to help & then they let me go in early-July due to loss of clients, but kept the person who was helping & were going to outsource my roll to someone they could pay less.
Full version: I started a new remote job in mid-March with a small company. Late-March I became (surprise) pregnant & in early-mid April I had extreme morning sickness. Horrible nausea & throwing up, despite medication. To the point where I could barely function. I could barely do my home tasks, let alone work tasks (just took me a lot longer but still eventually got things done). I communicated everything to my boss, I felt very bad physically & was doing my best but could not keep up with all my tasks on time. In early-June my boss told me if I was still sick in 2 weeks, he would discuss bringing in further help & other options. In mid-June I finally started to feel a little better & communicated to my boss I thought I’d be able to keep up but in that same meeting he told me he decided to cut my hours from 40 down to 10-20 & that it would be for a month. After that meeting I felt like a failure, felt my unborn baby was ruining my career, & so many emotions, but physically I was feeling better. In early-July I felt pretty good most days & the month was almost up, so I emailed my boss about meeting because I was feeling good & confident I could work 40 hours & keep up with my tasks. He met me the next day & let me go due to him losing clients… but he kept the person who was helping me. He said he was gonna to keep her temporarily & then outsource my role to someone they could pay less. This was so painful, once my hours were cut I feel into low key depression & once I was let go I felt so worthless & depressed because my career is extremely important to me. I withdrew/avoided most people because I was so ashamed of losing my job & feeling really sad. I recently shared this story with my life consultant & friends & most have said it was unethical & that what my employer did was not right.
Now I’m trying to figure out if I should take any action. Thankfully I just got a new job but spent 1 month barely working & 1 month unemployed.
I’m worried about hurting my last job, they are nice people although what I was put through wasn’t nice.