By mrsmahdi - 20/07/2015 14:29 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I was fired from my dream job for being pregnant. Apparently, you can't teach children while growing one inside you. FML
I agree, your life sucks 34 610
You deserved it 2 444

mrsmahdi tells us more.

mrsmahdi 12

They fired me in a clever way by telling me they didn't have anything for me to teach and that me going on maternity leave was too hard on the students I had so someone else was doing my classes. So I was not officially fired so much as pushed out and replaced

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Top comments

Yazoo77 16

HR then court. You can't be fired for being pregnant as a teacher.

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kingcaper817 14

That's incredibly stupid. I'm sure you'll find a better job in not time. Good luck with the baby. I'm sure you'll be an amazing mother.

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4evaawkward 11

That's messed up. You fight for your job. That's discrimination

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rien151 19

sue. it's against the law here in the us to for you for pregnancy. You'll get a huge settlement..any lawyer will love to take your case

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Enkeria 30

Umm...that's like super illegal. I'd call HR if the school has one and then take it to court. There's a federal law to protect pregnant women. I'd continue going to work until they get the hint.

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shanson 22

That is very very illegal. Gender discrimination and all that. At this point I wouldn't want to work for those assholes, but definitely check in with a lawyer to see what your rights are in the situation

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mrsmahdi 12

I am married have been for 4 years before getting pregnant. I had worked there for 2 years. They fired me without warning

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BlameTheOwls 14

Ugh, even more stupid. Did they actually cite your pregnancy as the reason, or come up with some bull excuse?

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MandieL 27

Illegal, do yourself a favor and call them on it. Doesn't mean you need to go back and work for them but you could sue. I am usually not one to say sue, but in this case what they did was beyond wrong.

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Woedel 25

Congratulations on your pregnancy, though. Not enough people are wishing you the best of luck, joy and happiness.

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voodoochild01 7

maybe because of the health implications that pregnancy brings with it is the. main reason..

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khan123 5

there is definitely more to the story.

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Severefear 7

I smell a lawsuit. Pregnancy is protected under the law.

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Steve_Dudley_UK 10

I got fired from my dream job too. My fault I suppose as I shouldn't have been spending the night shift asleep dreaming.

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