As someone who had the 'flagship' pregnancy in her last employment role, I wouldn't recommend it. My company at the time had no maternity policy, I was their 'test case': cue a lot of pressure and a lot of mistakes on both sides.
To be expected in the startup arena where 80% of founders are men. When you're not a mum, it's just not something that you think about.
Unless you are Rachel Harris aka Accountant She, and founder of accountancy firm Strive X. Rachel is in the planning pre-pregnancy phase, and is going above and beyond as a business owner to make her company maternity and motherhood friendly. To protect and promote her future career and her staff's.
This minisode is me reflecting on my conversation with Rachel, asking some important questions of us as business owners, and as would-be mums on how we can work together to prepare for motherhood from both sides of the coin.
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