My boss fired me for being pregnant. Here's what happened. Subscribe to Am I the Jerk on YouTube

and hit the bell for notifications. This last year during COVID has been a tough year for my family.

My husband went from six figures supporting our family on his salary alone while we pocketed my

entire salary to losing his job for eight months.

I work in political campaigning, which means I work on short-term contracts as an independent

contractor.

In other words, if we lose an election, I move on to the next race.

I made a pretty good name for myself working on the lower levels of a campaign and moving

up quickly.

In my state this year,

there were statewide elections, and I caught a lucky break and ended up the campaign manager

on a statewide race. I am the youngest CM, 24-year-old female, to run a statewide race in about the

last 20 years. When the primary came up, we lost the election by 200 votes. While we lost the

campaign, coming so close to winning and my age made me kind of a superstar in my field. After we

lost, I had offers from all over the state for jobs. The problem is I had just bought a house

and wasn't looking to relocate, like you often have to do in politics.

Or the positions weren't high enough coming off being the top dog, as the higher positions were already filled.

I got an offer to join a local campaign, so no relocation, but the salary was lower than what I was used to.

I would, however, be the CM again. However,

I learned quickly my boss had a holier-than-thou personality. She made several comments about

how real women breastfeed and have natural births. I would later be able to do neither,

and it really screwed with my emotional well-being. I don't have time to list all the red flags,

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