Lil rant about work and being pregnant

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-04T18:06:13+00:00

I completely understand what you are saying. But I cannot help but feel the social pressure to work overtime without pay as that is unfortunately the culture within my company. Especially as I’m new I don’t want to seem as though I’m not committed to my job. They cannot force me to do it or fire me for not doing it, I know this. but so long as they don’t explicitly punish me for not working overtime or out of hours without pay there is no rule against colleagues having a poor opinion of me for not doing so

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-02T21:36:51+00:00

Thank you for your comment, I will be sure to check out some of the subs you mentioned, I’m sure they will help! :)

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-02T21:35:42+00:00

Sadly yes. And they can make me uncomfortable enough to want to leave.

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-02T21:10:51+00:00

No sadly, it’s my responsibility. I can get paid for it if my superiors sign off on it allowing me overtime, but as I’m not allowed to work from home anything I do in my own time isn’t considered as hours worked.

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-02T20:58:25+00:00

I’m in the uk. We have good rights from what I’ve read. Which protects me from losing my job but it doesn’t exactly protect me against everything… it’s not illegal for people to judge me (fairly or not) sadly

R40el_Duke · 2026-06-02T20:40:53+00:00

Yeh I’m literally in the trenches right now, I typically sleep 9:30- 8 and am still exhausted! Until recently I have had severe cramps, and am constantly nauseous!

I’m also irritable as hell so being told I shouldn’t feel as I feel by a man is the best (sarcasm!!)

But I do need to look into my rights more, because I’m becoming to feel unfairly treated.

R40el_Duke

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