Got SCREWED!! What would you do!?

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I won't go into crazy details (you can refer to my other post about my job) but the other day I was dragged into our office and told I was UNDERQUALIFIED for a position I was hired for. The temp I was training for my maternity leave is REPLACING me. I received a paper to sign stating that this was true, and if I left without signing I forfeited my position at work. My employer made it clear they had already sought legal aid about the situation. In that paper it said THEY had two weeks to decided what to do with me. (Basically keep me or let me go). If they keep me they will dramatically cut my hours down to me working 1 day a week at best. I could hold out for unemployment and I'm not saying in quitting just yet BUT they want to avoid paying me unemployment hense keeping me on and cutting my hours to one day. What's worse is I gathered my documentation, sought litigation, social services and labor board and pretty much was told they screwed me the right and legal way. (I know this sounds unjust but trust me I there are tons of details in trying to spare) It is absolutely infuriating. I'm the breadwinner and am due in 6 weeks!!!! I cry one minute and get angry the next! By the way this is a small company so I am not covered under FMLA in any way. Staying would also mean directly training my own replacement for the next two weeks and the owner who's trying to screw me. And what worse is I am the HR department!

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I would tell them to go fuck themseleves. What a thing to do to someone... i'm really sorry you have to go through this.

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Take the paycheck. Go to work. Spend your day job searching.

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I would stay. Take the extra paycheck since you're the breadwinner.

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I'm torn on the options between my emotional feeling and my thinking process. Obviously with u being the bread winner it is important to get as much money as you can while u are able. Especially since searching for a job this late into pregnancy, it may be hard to find an employer who wants to hire u right before you go on maternity leave. But on the other hand, I am angry with the company for doing this to you and would want to screw them any way I could. And my anger always gets the better of me. I would go back just to give them a piece of my mind in the hopes they would fire me just so I could collect the unemployment.

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That's America! Our maternity leave is non existent! Only four states have FMLA and that is a joke also. I was let go for being pregnant under the pretense "business is too slow" but I got unemployment.
I'm soooo sorry you are goin thru this, it is not your fault! Because you are pregnant and either going to be under employed or jobless, you qualify for state assistance. I would look into that asap. Hope everything works out!xo

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It doesn't sound like they did it legally but obviously if you got an expert opinion and they said they did, then they did. Honestly would you even want to stay knowing how they treated you and screwed you over AND they might do anything in their power to make you quit. If you are due in 6 weeks it will be hard to find a new job. Can you work one day a week and live off your tax return (I know it's the season), can your husband get a job you said you are the breadwinner idk if he doesn't work, or works part time. If he doesn't work/works part time can he get a job or get a full time job?

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I would keep working until they fired me. Some money is better than no money, start looking for a new job. I am not sure about your state but sometimes quitting vs getting let go effect whether you can apply for unemployment...

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Thanks everyone!

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I would start looking for another job. It can't hurt to interview for jobs now and see if they will start you after maternity leave.

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