Ok, I work at Wal-Mart, currently doing 3rd shift in the backroom. I am also just about 15 weeks pregnant. Everyone I work with now knows that I am pregnant (co-workers, my immediate managers, etc.). That isn't where the problem lies.
I have the opportunity to possibly get a job in the vision center as an optician trainee. I want this job SO BAD. I didn't realize I wanted it until I got a call from the vision center saying that they pulled up my career preferences and wanted to interview me for the job. It would mean I could go back to days, it would also be less physically demanding than my current position, and it has the potential to be an actual career.
Obviously, the people at the vision center don't know that I am pregnant. And I know that technically they can't make a decision based on that fact. Also, if I got the position, it would in theory just be a transfer of jobs within the store, not a new hire or anything like that. My question is, on the off chance that they would not give me the job if they knew I was pregnant, should I just keep quiet about it? I asked my mom, she said I shouldn't say anything. But I don't know if I feel okay with that.
I have every intention of returning to full time work after my maternity leave, and I am not even due until January 25. My pregnancy is not high risk, and while I know that anything can happen, there is no reason to anticipate problems at this point in time.
So...on one hand, I don't want to screw up my chances of getting this job. On the other, I don't want to start off on the wrong foot by omitting a large chunk of important information. I can't just pretend I "just found out", because I am 4 months along and I am starting to show (although since I'm a bigger girl, that can be hard to tell).
So what should I do? This is really hard
I have the opportunity to possibly get a job in the vision center as an optician trainee. I want this job SO BAD. I didn't realize I wanted it until I got a call from the vision center saying that they pulled up my career preferences and wanted to interview me for the job. It would mean I could go back to days, it would also be less physically demanding than my current position, and it has the potential to be an actual career.
Obviously, the people at the vision center don't know that I am pregnant. And I know that technically they can't make a decision based on that fact. Also, if I got the position, it would in theory just be a transfer of jobs within the store, not a new hire or anything like that. My question is, on the off chance that they would not give me the job if they knew I was pregnant, should I just keep quiet about it? I asked my mom, she said I shouldn't say anything. But I don't know if I feel okay with that.
I have every intention of returning to full time work after my maternity leave, and I am not even due until January 25. My pregnancy is not high risk, and while I know that anything can happen, there is no reason to anticipate problems at this point in time.
So...on one hand, I don't want to screw up my chances of getting this job. On the other, I don't want to start off on the wrong foot by omitting a large chunk of important information. I can't just pretend I "just found out", because I am 4 months along and I am starting to show (although since I'm a bigger girl, that can be hard to tell).
So what should I do? This is really hard
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