I'm Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and Here Is Why [pdf]

Re:I'm Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and He... by hashberry on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:36PM (#20618644)

"My director/manager started making inappropriate comments about a member of my team, including that the Googler was likely pregnant again and was overly emotional and hard to work with when pregnant."

So she reported her female manager to HR for gossiping, which the manager can easily deny since words are different than actions. HR exists to protect the company. It's best to only go to HR when there is illegal conduct.

"HR is not like a playground teacher whose job it is to solve all problems and stop bullies from acting." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-your-hr-department-is-your...

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Re:I'm Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and He... by elliekelly on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:38PM (#20619310)

> So she reported her female manager to HR for gossiping

Not for gossiping, for creating a hostile work environment through repeated discriminatory comments. And the manager's gender is irrelevant since women are just as capable of sexism and discrimination as men.

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Re:I'm Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and He... by cgriswald on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:05PM (#20619571)

You’ve managed to misrepresent both the original post and the article you linked, which isn’t nearly so black-and-white and provides fairly rounded and good advice.

The original post says she understood her manager to be pushing her to remove the alleged pregnant employee from the team, because she believed she was pregnant. Rather than do something illegal herself she reached out to HR for help with the situation.

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