Preparing for My Maternity Leave at Work: A 13-Step Process
I lead content and social media at a global tech company. I also happen to be the only employee focused solely on these two things. I’m going on maternity leave in less than 80 days.
I lead content and social media at a global tech company. I also happen to be the only employee focused solely on these two things. I’m going on maternity leave in less than 80 days.
To set the scene, I’m the type of person who leaves detailed out-of-office notes for a five-day vacation. It started when I worked at an agency and everyone did it. Often, each note was color-coded based on which team member would be responsible in your absence. Didn’t matter if you were leaving for two days or 10.
Today I do it only if I’ll be gone for more than a couple days. Also because I’m the only one in my role, because I love my team and don’t want to feel like I left them in the dark and flew to Europe, and because it gives me such a sense of calm to sign off before a vacation knowing everything is either taken care of or recorded.
I had pre-vacation planning down to a science. Then came a new challenge: maternity leave.
Is it even possible to plan ahead for months away from the office? Especially when your company isn’t hiring a temp? And when there’s a 50/50 chance that…
