I really hope that's fake. "barely even pregnant yet." WTF?!

Without the pregnant, he's still the asshole for the working conditions.

Wow. The amount of ignorance in this. The mere fact this guy thinks morning sickness is only in the morning... Instead of writing this post the dude could have done some basic effing Googling and find out that the first and third semesters are the most difficult. Many women think they have THE FLU before they realize they are pregnant. This is the kind of guy that compares maternity leave to a long vacation and like a C-section isn't a big procedure

I'm pregnant, I'm ending my first trimestr and I'm offended from this post and feel very sorry for that lady. It was hell! Morning sickness is called "morning" probably because it starts in morning and never ends. You are sleepy all the time. Always. And yes, you need to eat every few hours otherwise you are even more sick. That jerk with lack of human feelings should read more before posting. Posts like this make me appreciate my work enviroment and my supporting partner. Thanks God I don't have to deal with such a situation. Hang on there sister, it will get better.

This woman would be home on doctor's orders here in Germany, with full pay, for the entire course of her pregnancy. She clearly needs it. Some people have a really hard time being pregnant. ALSO: what kind of crap job expects you to be available round the clock, pregnant or not?!

He's an a-hole on many levels. Not just from the way he treats his pregnant employee but the way he treats his employees in general. Expecting them to be available at his call 24/7. They don't owe their lives to their employer. If the Pandemic has taught us anything it's that the lower your job pays the more essential you are to the US economy.

Ok I've had 4 kids. I was 18, 21,28 and 30. My first two (after morning sickness) I was fine the rest of the pregnancy and went straight back to work. My last two I was miserable the entire time. Tired hurting and all I wanted to do was sleep. That is also around the time I found out I had thyroid issues. What I am saying is every woman is different, and every pregnancy is different. She could be lying and milking the situation, or she could be really having a hard time. If she was a great worker before pregnancy, than I would go ahead and give her the benefit if the doubt and assume she really is having a rough time and try to go easy on her for a while.

Not only is the guy an arsehole for treating his staff this way, in many European countries he would actually be breaking the law by imposing those working conditions on any of his staff, let alone one who is pregnant.

He can express his concerns and her can ask for a doctor's note. HOWEVER he can NOT comment on her pregnancy. He has left himself open to a legitimate lawsuit.

For a manager, he certainly can't manage a "normal bodily function"!

"I made concessions" Fool, until you're able to get pregnant you have no idea. My SIL just got prego for the first time and barely within the first 6-10 weeks and has already been in the hospital (a couple of times) for how sick she has been. The worst morning sickness I've ever seen and I had it pretty bad with my own son. People are stupid.

Her boss likely thinks the female orgasm is a myth

His comment on 'normal bodily functions' and feminist movement is a particular disgrace, dude hasn't even been through a menstruation.

I've been in this pregnant employees exact position. I had HG for several months and my employer phoned to tell me I had to come in because his lawyer said pregnancy is not an illness. I did and it was absolute hell, I couldn't move or function in any way. Fortunately this happened in Europe, where workers rights exist, and I found a lawyer who made sure I was taken care of, and then some. I very much hope the woman in the OP can do the same.

During my first tremester, a part of my hair went to white because of the extreme morning sickness. They call it morning, but it was whole day sickness. I lost 8 pounds in three months, needed iv fluid cause I could not drink water three days in a week. My mum thought I was lying her so she would not be upset that I had a cancer and keeping it as a secret. After 8 years I still can not forget how vomiting all day was horrible.

So glad I don’t live in America. What an asshole. And the fact that the system even favours his side/view of things. Absolutely horrendous

It is really tough because on a business level you need productivity. On a human level there needs to be slack. For a male, especially, to say "no excuse" is a dipshit move and it erases all the good things he did do. Pregnancy is different for everyone. I had a rougher 2nd pregnancy and I shortened my shifts (We staffed our own hours with each other). Co workers were not happy - a woman with a grown daughter and a fatherless male. The man originally said he understood and if I need time off, etc, they were there for me. That was because I had an emotional issue one day and threw an adult temper tantrum and had to tell all I was expecting.

The amount of a-holeness in this post precedes every expectation. It's a pile of crap so big you can bury whole stack of those instagram and tiktok douchebags from the other post in it and still wouldn't be able to find them.

I had a friend who had morning sickness so badly that she had to take suppository medicine because she was vomiting so much.

I had Hyperemesis gravidarum it was beyond awful. I’ve never been so sick in my life. I lost 12 pounds in one month and ended up in the hospital twice for severe dehydration and had to be hooked up to fluids. I couldn’t even keep water down or saltine crackers. And most doctors can’t or won’t prescribe nausea medicine because they say a lot of it can cause birth defects or it’s risky to take while pregnant. So women just suffer. Sometimes it’s just for the first trimester sometimes it’s for the entire pregnancy. Yes she chose to get pregnant she didn’t choose to get sick. You don’t know ahead of time of this pregnancy will make u deathly sick or not. You have no idea until u actually feel symptoms of it.

There are two sides to every story. Boredpanda should have printed Cara's side also.

Must be American. The fact that it's expected the staff be available 24/7? Damn. Putting all the bull**it aside about the lack of understanding regarding her pregnancy, that's the firs thing wrong with that story.

i'm seriously worried of that work environement. what the hell is expected there? be available 24 hours 7 days a week? during off hours AND holidays too?? what productivity, are you talking about humans or robots? whater are the human rights and employee rights in this whole things? and DON'T get me started on the pregnacy. a man lacking total empthaty not only for a woman but for a human been. he should be ashamed he is a complete asshole, and on top of that he's apinting himself as a good understanding perosn. if i was the pregnant woman i would look for another job. one that respects my rights for time outside the work and that also allows me to live my life, not only work. imagine how things will be after she gives birth. she really has to look into something better than this crap excuse of a job.

Damn dude. You got SLAMMED. I genuinely hope this guy is quite young and completely inexperienced. Otherwise, he's got sociopathic issues.