Maternity Leave, Career Concerns, and the Dark Side of HR A recent letter to Slate's Good Job advice column highlights the precarious position many working mothers find themselves in when taking maternity leave.
The situation described is all too familiar: a company hires an experienced manager to restructure the HR department, paving the way for job cuts, including that of a pregnant employee.
The new manager's blunt admission to "package out" the employee upon her return from maternity leave is astonishingly unprofessional.