“That was the case for Marianne Bullock a few years ago, when her 18-month-old had a stomach virus.
“It was the first time that my daughter had really been sick,” she says. “She was not nursing, and she was lethargic.”
Bullock was a personal care assistant in Massachusetts; that day, she called in sick. The next day, she had to take her daughter to the hospital, where she was hydrated. The third morning, her daughter seemed better and Bullock got ready to leave for work.
“As I was walking out the door, she vomited again,” Bullock says. “And I was like, ‘I just have to take her to the hospital.’ And so I called in — and when I called in, the care manager that I spoke to said, ‘You just might as well not come back.’ ”
Bullock was fired. She says the manager actually told her they’d rather hire someone without a child.”
- Working Moms’ Challenges: Paid Leave, Child Care : NPR
“It was the first time that my daughter had really been sick,” she says. “She was not nursing, and she was lethargic.”
Bullock was a personal care assistant in Massachusetts; that day, she called in sick. The next day, she had to take her daughter to the hospital, where she was hydrated. The third morning, her daughter seemed better and Bullock got ready to leave for work.
“As I was walking out the door, she vomited again,” Bullock says. “And I was like, ‘I just have to take her to the hospital.’ And so I called in — and when I called in, the care manager that I spoke to said, ‘You just might as well not come back.’ ”
Bullock was fired. She says the manager actually told her they’d rather hire someone without a child.”
- Working Moms’ Challenges: Paid Leave, Child Care : NPR