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I'm a permanent employee who lost my client. I'm essentially covering for every pregnancy until we get some new business. Lady leaves, I take her desk, lady comes back, I find somewhere new to sit. It's not ideal, but hey, it's a job.
I went out on maternity leave, and my partner covered me. During the maternity leave though, i was still helping write scripts for a campaign that we'd be busting our asses to get made. I was invested. Partner left to freelance and there was a 3 week gap from them leaving and me coming back. Our campaign was given to a more junior team. When I came back, the jr team and CD both tried to keep me out of the loop about my campaign despite MANY inquiries. The account team finally looped me in and brought me back because the jr team was having trouble selling the work with client changes. All this drama only to then be told that I wouldn't go on the shoot "because the jr team did SO much work while I was gone on maternity leave". When I brought up the 3 measly weeks I was told by my ECD "it's hard to work on someone else's campaign". Finally, I just straight up asked if I wasn't going on my shoot because I had a baby and was told "well we wouldn't be having this conversation if you hadn't".
So yah. The whole being a lady creative thing is AMAZING. FML.
They were supposed to get a freelancer, but never did. Was a combo of other team members and my partner stepping up. I found the anticipation of going back, worse than actually going back. Once I found a great nanny, I was fine. Pumping was hard. Be sure to mark off time on your calendar every day for it, if you plan to do so that is. Force people to respect your time.
That's super wack @CD2 Excuuuuse you for trying to feed your baby breast milk.
I was an ACD when I left on maternity leave. My lovely writing partner (male) stepped up--produced a few spots with some help from other art directors already at the agency. The transition back was mostly ok. Having a partner to come back to and something to fold right into really helped. I was also really ready to come back. Staying at home was pretty lonely and hard to do by myself (hubs was at work). I wished that I could have justified hiring a nanny to help me, but felt like I should save the cash. The pumping was insane though and I stopped after 5 months. My baby is almost 2 years old and I'm just now really feeling like my old working self.
For me, pumping was difficult for a few reasons. For one, it's just time consuming. Set up and cleaning parts takes time, plus the actual pump time itself. Then constantly having to excuse myself from meetings, conversations and work in general. I would always bring my laptop/lunch in with me to multi task. Felt like there was never enough hours in the workday. It was emotionally difficult because I was low supply. I also had a female ECD who make comments when I would need to pump, like "you're choice." It was infuriating.
@CD2 I'm enraged hearing that story! I find it already difficult being a female In a male dominated role but for a female manager to speak to you like that?! Outrageous! Also my old boss (male) told me not to get pregnant when I got married. Assuming it had to do with the company paying for my paternity. When coworkers took off for paternity no one was hired to cover them and others did more work to cover the workload.
I'm nervous about going out in three months. No talk of coverage yet and I handle too much for my writing partner to cover. I'm also wondering what it will do to career. I was told I was getting a promotion 6 months ago, since I told them I was pregnant, no peep out of my boss. All of my female friends at this job say it won't happen now bc I'm pregnant which is infuriating. I could come back from maternity leave on a whole different team as well which is also scary.
Ive covered a ML internally - when the mom came back her core business had grown and I ended up taking on the smaller account in the long run - but I feel like they gave her the option to come back and do both, better for her sanity to stick with one though
Not yet a mom. Why is pumping hard? I'm sure there are obvious reasons, just curious.
@CD she would also comment that I was "off milking myself".
@CD2 oh my god. That's horrifying, especially from another woman!