I'm desperate to leave my toxic workplace, but I'm newly pregnant (7 weeks). What's the best strategy for job hunting? Do I need to tell potential employers upfront? I can't stand the idea of staying in this awful environment much longer.

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Take a week off if you can. At many places, they have 1 year before paid maternity kicks in.

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do you think you could try to stick it out until your maternity leave? then you can get paid while you're out/ apply for jobs and just don't come back. 🙏🏻

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Let your current firm know you’re pregnant asap. Once they know, you’re a protected class, it would be a challenge to fire you. Then just do the bare minimum until baby comes, milk the crap out of maternity leave, and find and new job once it runs out.

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Unfortunately, you’re kind of stuck. Most companies require 1 year before you qualify for those kinds of benefits (like FMLA). You might get short term disability

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No, do not mention your pregnancy to potential employers... your medical health is private and they have no right or need to know until they need to know.

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EY and Deloitte allow you to qualify day 1 for maternity leave. There’s also several companies that will let you do the same such as Nike, Hatch, etc. you can search a list. I switched jobs at 28 weeks pregnant, got an amazing opportunity and also was able to qualify for leave.

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Medical leave!

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Start applying for a new place! If you start soon enough you should also be in a good position to take your PTO+ maternity leave

Absolutely under no circumstances do you mention to a potential employer that you are expecting. And they are NOT allowed to ask you about your plans to conceive or start a family.

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