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Hey Fishes,
Any update on the hike letter ?
Is HARMAN really recruiting for permanent remote roles? Would they ask us to come to office after sometime? I am a bachelor woman supporting my sickly parents and can't move them out of city. And my city don't have harman office. HR did mention permanent remote, still want to confirm as I've heard many cases people were called back across different product based companies. Tata Consultancy IBM Infosys @HARMAN IBM Accenture Cognizant
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All the best to your family planning. I personally think that nothing is worth your mental health. The money can be made again but your health might not recover or might take a tremendous amount of time to heal, which will translate to missing more money, or even worse permanent/irreversible conditions. I hope you make the best choice for yourself no matter what you choose.
If it’s a decent enough job with leave and medical benefits, I’d stick it out until after bouncing back postpartum. That’s what I did for my second and plan to do for my 3rd. Your world shifts so much, and there’s so many unexpected things to come (including changing career ambitions), that having stability in one (very influential) space makes a big difference. It’s a choice: is the devil you know better than the devil you don’t know?
Since you never know how long it’ll take to get pregnant, you can absolutely update your resume and start your job hunt. You’ll want to ask questions about parental benefits (what leave is provided? how long do you have to work there to access those benefits?), which may sway your jump/stay decision too.
The job market is really tough right now (and not enough employers are like Director 1 yet), so keep that bird in your hand with your current job, don’t put your larger life on hold for your job (they won’t reciprocate), and put irons in the fire with your future job opportunities, maybe one of them will be good enough to make the jump.
Wishing you lots of luck!
First instinct is to do what is best for you. But depending on what the leave benefits are, if you plan to use FML you usually have to have been at the company for at least a year.
I just hired a woman who was 6 months pregnant for my team. She is on leave now. Smart bosses see the long view.
You are a rare and special manager.
Get pregnant and figure the rest out
What? How is my comment political? All I'm saying is focus on the most important thing first (TTC) then put the career chips in place. Geez.
I’ve moved jobs a few times and noticed a lot of companies require you to be an employee for a year before being eligible for parental leave. Just something to consider!