A recent post shared on r/MaliciousCompliance has sparked a heated debate on what it’s like to be a new mother in a patronizing workplace environment.
The woman who introduced herself as a project manager and data scientist and goes by the handle u/HappyGiraffe wrote that while she manages lots of different public health-related projects, one particular project put heavy pressure on her.
“I recently returned back to work from maternity leave. I work in my office three days a week; on those days, I have to pump breastmilk at regular intervals for my baby,” she explained. However, during one such Zoom call scheduled at the time she needed to pump, the uncomfortable situation evolved.
“Instead of missing the meeting, I figured I would just keep my camera off so I could wear my pump and still participate and listen,” the author wrote, but it turned out that the meeting lead was less than impressed with her camera being off. So the lead kept pushing for all cameras to be on, “no matter what.” I guess they got what they wanted…
Image credits: LinkedIn Sales Solutions (not the actual photo)
Image credits: ajay_suresh (not the actual photo)
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