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So this may be a little complicated. I'm looking for some advice. This is pretty long
Back in September I was given the option of either being promoted to a team lead and transferring stores or being promoted to a temporary team lead through the holidays at my current store and becoming the remodel team lead at the beginning of the year. I decided to stay at my current store.
Come October, I'm promoted and literally the week after I am promoted, I found out I was pregnant. I missed a decent bit of work during my first trimester and it's been pretty rough. I honestly did not think I was going to be able to work overnight for the remodel. I never gave my store director a definitive answer. She has been extremely supportive throughout my whole pregnancy. However, I found out today that they are going to have another team lead at my store be the remodel team lead instead. I thought that was fine because I thought they would fit me in somewhere else.
I talked to my store director and she essentially told me that because I was pregnant that she decided to chose someone else to be the team lead and that the stress was going to be too much on me and my baby. Also, god forbid something happen at 3am and I have to go to the hospital and leave the store without another team lead present. I do not disagree with these facts, however, she kept bringing up me being a remodel captain or another leadership role. From my understanding, captain is a glorified team member with extra responsibility with no extra pay. I was a pace setter for months for fulfillment and I'm not interested in going back to that type of role, especially after being a team leader and even coaching some of my team members.
I told her that I could be the closing team lead or whatever other leadership role she needed me in but I didn't really get much of a response from that. I was talking to the other fulfillment team lead and he told me that they were going to promote another team member from another store to be the closing team lead at my store.
So from my understanding, I will be demoted back to a team member after the holidays end and I will no longer be an actual team lead because I am pregnant.
So I guess what I am asking, is this legal? Should I contact the HRBP about this? The hotline? I'm not sure what my next steps should be.
Thank you for reading my long rant.
Back in September I was given the option of either being promoted to a team lead and transferring stores or being promoted to a temporary team lead through the holidays at my current store and becoming the remodel team lead at the beginning of the year. I decided to stay at my current store.
Come October, I'm promoted and literally the week after I am promoted, I found out I was pregnant. I missed a decent bit of work during my first trimester and it's been pretty rough. I honestly did not think I was going to be able to work overnight for the remodel. I never gave my store director a definitive answer. She has been extremely supportive throughout my whole pregnancy. However, I found out today that they are going to have another team lead at my store be the remodel team lead instead. I thought that was fine because I thought they would fit me in somewhere else.
I talked to my store director and she essentially told me that because I was pregnant that she decided to chose someone else to be the team lead and that the stress was going to be too much on me and my baby. Also, god forbid something happen at 3am and I have to go to the hospital and leave the store without another team lead present. I do not disagree with these facts, however, she kept bringing up me being a remodel captain or another leadership role. From my understanding, captain is a glorified team member with extra responsibility with no extra pay. I was a pace setter for months for fulfillment and I'm not interested in going back to that type of role, especially after being a team leader and even coaching some of my team members.
I told her that I could be the closing team lead or whatever other leadership role she needed me in but I didn't really get much of a response from that. I was talking to the other fulfillment team lead and he told me that they were going to promote another team member from another store to be the closing team lead at my store.
So from my understanding, I will be demoted back to a team member after the holidays end and I will no longer be an actual team lead because I am pregnant.
So I guess what I am asking, is this legal? Should I contact the HRBP about this? The hotline? I'm not sure what my next steps should be.
Thank you for reading my long rant.