How surprising that so many pragnent women got fired because of the pragnency! Well Life is unfair but take it in positive ways! Regard this as your vacation and expect another beautiful life to come to the family! Hang in there and come here often!
Thank you! It hurts so much because I loved my job as a waitress, it was so new and exciting for me. I did struggle a bit at first with getting used to how to be a server, but they knew that I had no previous serving experience upon hiring me.. I'm just so heartbroken.. and unfortunately I will try to fight it but i know that in the state of ct an employer can fire u for any reason because your an At Will' employee. it sucks.. I could never fire a pregnant woman .. thats just so heartless and cold. They didnt even give me a chance, even if their reasoning about me not performing up to their standards was truly the reason why they fired me. They just assumed I wasn't improving when I was putting 100% of my effort and time into this job. I'm still really angry and dissapointed.
They also told me that I could use them as a reference for my next job, which i almost laughed in their face about, because I had only been there less than a month before they fired me, and why would I want to put a job down in an application in which I was fired from?
Of course all the managers were men so they didnt understand. They made me feel like a failure and really made me feel stupid. =[
Oh just because the company can terminate "At Will" does not mean you do not have legal rights in this case. I worked for a company (will not mentioned the name) and I know several people who sued and actually won because either they were denied unemployment, weren't able to continue with their medical benefits, and other reasons. So that "At Will" term only goes so far. There are Labor laws in place especially when it deals with an employee that is pregnant. I'm just so amazed of the many people who do not know or do not understand their rights.