Boss tried firing me when pregnant

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Wanderlustchaser on 2023-06-22 07:36:55+00:00.

This was for my previous company, an Australian Listed Tech / Logistics company in Singapore, where I was the EA to the Co-Founder. We have pretty strict laws protecting pregnant workers from dismissal and it must have really good grounds e.g theft etc. Note: said Co-Founders wife was also pregnant at that time

It was April last year when he gave me a raise for good performance but surprise surprise, after my pregnancy announcement in May, I come into our usual 1 on 1, surprised to see our Global HR joining us on video call. Mind you, everyone in the office could see we were having this meeting as the meeting rooms were glass and transparent.

They then go on about how poor my performance has been, and you know its complete BS when one of the things I had to "improve on" was to sit near the Co founder. We were already all in the office and it wasn't even a big office to begin with. Anyway, whole meeting, I kept quiet while they explained my Personal Improvement Plan and at the end, the Co-Founder says "we really like you, it's nothing personal".

Little did they know my husband is a lawyer. I took said PIP back and went over with him everything in that document, specified all terms that I had to meet in order to pass said PIP, scheduled another meeting with them and went through my points one by one. Husband coached me exactly what to say word for word so they can't use anything against me.

After that meeting they realised they don't really have much grounds to fire me. I was already 5 months pregnant and just had to pull through 2 months before the Co-Founder himself went on paternity leave.

I took the full 4 months and resigned on the last month so I never had to go back to work for him. Found a new job almost immediately because there's high demand but low supply. New job paid 40% more, completely Wfh with the nicest boss and colleagues. Meanwhile, said Co-Founder is still searching for an EA replacement for the past 6 months since I resigned. Guess Karma hit hard.

TLDR: Co-Founder tried and failed to fire me when I was pregnant. Couldn't find my replacement even months after my resignation