Concerned that announcing my pregnancy early might affect my raise? Getting promoted to manager this year and I’ll be due shortly after the promotion. Should I wait to announce my pregnancy until after the YE review process (after raise numbers are set)? My promotion will not be affected but I’m concerned about the raise % and bonus. Not that someone will blatantly say “let’s give her less since she’s pregnant” but they might use other excuses. Am I being irrational?

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I would announce it after the YE review. It's sad but better safe than sorry.

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Also, people tend to wait till their 4-5 month to announce their pregnancy anyway.

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Announce it after you receive your raise and bonus. I was in the same boat two years ago when being promoted to Manager.

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The YE review will happen when I’m about 5 months pregnant.

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Side note - probably time for a new job if you’re concerned about this. Not worth staying somewhere you can’t trust the people to do the right thing.

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Nah milk the current job for mat leave then quit

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I announced my pregnancy after end of first trimester and was due less than a month after promotion to manager effective date (so sounds like exactly the same as you). I’m close with my partners and work on a team with lots of mothers and people who have been on maternity leave recently, and I don’t believe I was the worse for it. Because I’ve got strong relationships within my team I knew they would fight for me, and PwC (and most firms) don’t want a lawsuit so they have policies in place to help prevent something like that happening.

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I would announce it when you reach 3 months. Part of being a manager is able to plan accordingly with your team to ensure a successful transition when you are out. Your performance review is based on your past efforts and achievements- so their should not be bias in the results. I never felt that I was rated differently just because I was pregnant.

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I really don’t think that would affect your raise and bonus at all. The people determining that are way above your CA so you could always communicate to a few people and not broadly. Either way this shouldn’t matter.

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After. Still gives plenty of time to prepare your team for your absence and that way you have zero doubts

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Thanks for all the insights, ladies! I’ve decided to wait. My group is great and most of the partners are supportive of working moms but I don’t know the other partners very well, so I don’t want to risk anything.
I’m the only one looking out for myself while the firm has a whole team of resources to lookout for them, so I think I’ll do what’s best for me rather than them. 4 months in advance is enough time for planning, especially for a new manager who don’t even have established clients.

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Unless you are in the office now, what’s the rush? One of my colleagues announced hers at 32 weeks. I would’ve done the same. I was in the same boat but up for SM promo (and left for ML one week after being in the new role 😂) but unfortunately in 2018 you could only rely on loosely fitting clothes for so long. Trust me, it takes a week to transition everything (I’ve had two MLs).

I'll take "S*** men dont have to worry about" for $200, Alex

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