High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave
  • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    11 months ago

    Ghaderi claims Krishnakumar later pressured her into delaying the start of her maternity leave from the planned date of November 7. Agreeing to the request, she worked until November 15, 2022, “the day she was forced to undergo an emergency C-section,” according to the filing.

    What the actual fuck!?

    • Isoprenoid@programming.devEnglish
      29·
      11 months ago

      delaying the start of her maternity leave

      “Hey, can you give birth a little later? It’s totally going to hurt our performance metrics this quarter.”

      • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        The thing that gets me is that it doesn’t even hurt performance metrics. The performance of this type of employee is not measured in hours worked. That extra week made zero difference to the company but had an immense impact on her.