by Beks
I knew my employer was going to struggle a little when I left for maternity leave. I lined up two temp workers and trained both to cover my workload with as few hiccups as possible. What I didn’t expect?
Numerous phone calls, a dozen or so text messages, and several e-mails…
all in the first three days.
If you’ve ever been a new parent, you’d know it’s difficult enough to remember your name in the first three days. Helping out at work via satellite (unpaid of course) is more than annoying.
I didn’t answer at first, assuming they’d get the hint I was busy with the whole ‘newborn child’ thing, but the number of calls simply escalated.
I’m torn between my obligations as a good employee and my responsibility at home. In my sleep deprived thinking, I felt the need to keep my steady paycheck and was willing to lose on more sleep until…
I went to my first pediatric appointment and couldn’t remember my zip code (of the home I’ve lived in for 4 years) and didn’t feel strong enough to carry my newborn from the overwhelming fatigue.
I e-mailed my employer and told him not to contact me again unless the building was on fire.
It was perhaps the WORST thing to write in my tired state but, I haven’t heard a peep other than ‘We appreciate your help. Give our love to the baby.’
I think they got the hint.
Hopefully, I still have a job in a few months.
(Please forgive any spelling/grammatical errors over the next few weeks. I’m running on zero sleep!)
