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PwC India Hi Folks, I left my stable job at Deloitte USI and moved to Germany for a better job. But my mom had a major health issue and I'm planning to travel back to India to support her as I'm a single child. I'm working in one of the top organisation in Germany with a base of 90k euro and looking for good opportunities in India. Availability: immediately Tech stack: SAP BASIS/Hana with azure/GCP Exp: 8.8 EY PwC India Pwc AC Accenture Deloitte HCL Technologies
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Hello All,
I have recently joined FIS Global around end of April. My mother recently met with an accident and she needs to be operated.
I haven't been able to update the anything regarding the insurance part yet on FIS portal.
Will my mother's treatment be covered under the insurance? If yes, what's the procedure for the same? What are the documents that I need to submit in order to claim the amount?
Can anyone please guide?
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Tell them to book time on the calendar for pumping/bfing. Remind them to log off on the dot if you see them staying past normal work hours. Provide her with a synopsis of what occurred while she was out and key initiatives and projects she can insert herself without feeling overwhelmed. Ask her how she's are doing and ask how you can help. Ask about her baby!
Alternatively- be open to them having flexible hours that may be easier to achieve after baby’s in bed, rather than relying on the old standard of “only” 9-5. What works for one mom may not work for another.
If reviews/raises happened while she was on leave, within a week, but no more than 2, the manager should schedule a meeting with her to discuss her review/raise. Do NOT put the onus on the new mom to ask about a raise or make her feel as though she’s forgotten or punished for having a baby by not getting a raise/review. By having the manager call the meeting, it means they’re prepared and have thought about/made accommodations in their budgets for any raises rather than it be an awkward surprise.
No Monday client meetings and no meetings past 5pm. It’s a really simple thing teams can do to be supportive and thoughtful.
Definitely ask about the baby. WFH and with a baby is pretty isolating. Also, make sure she knows that it is expected for her to log off at 6, on the dot. Make sure she knows that she is doing a great job but that her baby comes first. As moms, we always think we are failing at work because we do not have all the free time to stay after work. Make sure she is okay mentally.
Communicate. My boss didn’t even have a conversation with me for 2 months after I returned from maternity leave. Just PMs reaching out with deadlines and deliverables, few of whom had no idea I even had a child.
Don’t feel good about yourself when you tell her “I’m so ok with you logging back on” after bedtime. You think you’re offering flexibility but are actually taking away her precious hour or two to feel human before the next day’s marathon begins. Make things so efficient that she can actually get stuff done during working hours.
Thanks for this. Going back to wfh after maternity leave and wondering if my team remembers I exist
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Great stuff, thank you!
I love you for asking. Being supportive with breastfeeding is huge. Honestly my pump sessions get booked over all the time because my job is nuts. I feel guilty for not having stronger boundaries and also for declining meeting invites. So continually encouraging a new mom to do what she needs, knowing she's fighting new pressure, would be amazing.
The real work happens by pushing back on clients and not allowing everything to be a fire and setting firm boundaries on the amount of work and time needed to do work. Providing flexibility to parents is huge but it can cause resentment among the rest of the team if it means they are shouldered with more work which isn’t fair either. Everyone deserves a work/life balance.
Also logging off at six is often too late. My baby is a year and has a bedtime at 7:30. Logging off at 6 doesn’t give me nearly enough time to make dinner for everyone, do bathtime and then bedtime routine - let alone get any actual quality time with my kid. Logging off at 5 for me is what I require to be able to be a good mom which is far more important than any piece of advertisement that could ever be on my plate.
Don’t place returning moms on new biz pitches or require they travel for a certain amount of time (at least 3 months after return, or maybe not until baby is 1). And when travel is happening again, company pays for MilkStork.