'She fired me because I wouldn't give her my baby' : Terrible boss fires pregnant employee after she refuses to give away her baby, employee calls EEOC as revenge, boss gets fired

Author image for Eleonora Bader
Eleonora Bader
Mar 18, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Remember that episode on Friends, when Rachel lied to Joey about her boss wanting to 'buy her baby'? This story has a similar plotline, except it's real. This particular boss began as OP's 'friend' when OP was pregnant, alone, and stuck in a rut. The woman was offering OP an apartment (in a property she managed) and a job when she had neither. It was a no-brainer, and OP became her tenant and employee. Unfortunately, the woman was taking advantage of OP, and expected her to 'give her her baby'. Her real motives became very clear when she blatantly admitted it.

This boss also began telling OP's coworkers that she was going to adopt her baby, and it was a 'done deal'. After getting wind of these awful rumors, OP approached her boss and made it clear that she would not be giving up her baby. Livid, her boss fired her, effective immediately. It didn't take long for OP to lose her apartment as well.

Cue petty revenge… OP informed the EEOC, and her boss was immediately fired. OP got months of backpay and a little extra for all the trouble. Scroll down for the full account. For more stories like this, here is a man who snapped at his messy roommates, enacting a plot for petty revenge after they made his life miserable for just a little too long.

Advertisement
  • 01
    Automotive tire - She tried to extort a baby from me, but ended up helping me keep the baby In the meantime, I had gone to the EEOC and complained, and they helped me mediate with the owners of the gift shop property. As a result, Donna got fired from managing that property and I got months of backpay and some extra money for my trouble (in exchange for not full-out suing them). RO
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 02
    Font - r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/HelpIHateTexas 6 hours ago A She tried to extort a baby from me, but ended up helping me keep the baby
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 03
    Font - When I was 18 and in my first year of college, I got pregnant. The father joined the Navy to escape responsibility. My parents (who are strict conservatives except when it's inconvenient) abandoned me and cut me off financially. They wanted me to have an ak on to prevent the loss of my scholarship.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 04
    Font - That's how I found myself at 18 suddenly and totally responsible for myself and my living situation with no financial or emotional support from anyone. I lived at a private dorm and was "befriended" by the property manager - Donna. When I told her my situation, she swooped in like a hero
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 05
    Font - and helped me get a place to stay at one of the other properties she managed (I was getting evicted from the dorm). She then helped me get a job at a gift shop at one of those properties.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 06
    Font - I thought she was the most wonderful person for all of this until her true motives became clear. She wanted to adopt my baby, even though I had expressed no interest in giving my baby up for adoption. After a few weeks of work, she launched a campaign to convince me I was unfit to be a mother and that my baby would be so
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 07
    Font - much better off if I let Donna have it. At first it was subtle, passive-aggressive remarks about how much money she and her husband had, how she couldn't have children herself, how she hoped she was able to adopt one day and what a wonderful life they would give their baby.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 08
    Font - But, as time passed, her approach became more aggressive and direct. She was always around the shop and would even come to my apartment, ready to point out things I did (or didn't do) that proved what a terrible mother I would be. She went into long rants about how awful I was for
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 09
    Font - having a baby without a father, how we'd be "welfare trash" forever, how God brought her into my life because she was MEANT to have my baby. It was endless and constant, for months. Sometimes I let her comments upset me and make me wonder if she was right, but in my heart I knew that I'd be a good mother.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 10
    Font - For a while, and feeling intimidated, I let myself be bullied into including her in baby-related events - I even let her go with me to the sonogram where I found out my baby was a girl. She was so excited "for me"! As I got closer to delivering, I got stronger in making clear to Donna that I
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 11
    Font - was not giving up my baby. I tried to avoid Donna as much as I could, but was regularly reminded how much power she had over my living situation. I soon had coworkers telling me she was claiming that my baby's adoption was a "done deal". She even told people she was decorating a nursery and buying baby girl clothes.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 12
    Font - When it became clear that she was not going to change my mind, she started threatening me with eviction from my apartment and firing me from my job. That way, I'd realize how unstable my situation was and recognize I had no business having a baby. And sure enough, I lost my job. She fired me for not wearing my shoes
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 13
    Font - behind the cashier's counter at the gift shop. When I was on my feet all day, my feet would swell right out of my shoes. I'd stayed behind the counter and slip off my shoes for a bit - but never in view of the customers. Still, that was reason enough, in Donna's mind, to teach me a lesson. It
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 14
    Font - didn't take long after losing my job to also lose my apartment. I ended up couch- surfing and even spent some time homeless until I got some housing assistance.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 15
    Font - In the meantime, I had gone to the EEOC and complained, and they helped me mediate with the owners of the gift shop property. As a result, Donna got fired from managing that property and I got months of backpay and some extra money for my trouble (in exchange for not full-out suing them). This small cash windfall turned out
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 16
    Font - to be a huge blessing that actually enabled me to survive financially until I had my baby and could get back in school. Donna firing me was the best thing that could have ever happened. I saw her years later and she was still childless.
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 17
    Font - Best Revenge: My daughter is now getting ready to graduate, full scholarship and magna cum laude, from a top law school. Turns out being raised by a single mom is not as awful as Donna thought! :)
    via u/HelpIHateTexas
  • 18
    Font - jewelisgreat .6 hr. ago So happy that everything worked out so wonderfully. Sometimes when are dealing with the toughest things in our life and we can't see the sky for all the clouds, we don't know after the storm that we will get the most beautiful rainbow later.
    via u/jewelisgreat
  • 19
    Font - BosmangEdalyn. 6 hr. ago You know, people think your situation is so bizarre, but it's exactly what young women who contact an adoption agency go through. They often reach out because they're scared and just want to explore the option. But then the agency latches on and promises them the moon
    via u/BosmanEdalyn
  • 20
    Font - if they'll just let their child be raised by one of their client couples. They are almost always offered an open adoption, which is nothing more than a wink and an oral agreement, as far as the law is concerned.
    via u/BosmanEdalyn
  • 21
    Font - I'm ecstatic that you withstood all this and kept your baby. I wish this kind of pressure was illegal, no matter what the circumstances. 132 Reply Share
    via u/BosmanEdalyn
  • 22
    Font - +1.5 hr. ago Damn. That father is a real POS. I would adore having a lawyer for a child, they could help me get out of trouble if I ever needed to. And the very least he could've done was pay child support. Reply Share blackbutterfree 14
    via u/blackbutterfree
  • 23
    Font - michaelHIJINX +1.5 hr. ago The best revenge is a life well lived... I'm so happy for you & your daughter. Congratulations to both of you! I'm sure you've both worked very hard for these accomplishments. 48↓ Reply Share
    via u/mcihaelHIJINX
  • 24
    Font - throwawayitsnot · 4 hr. ago Thank god Donna never had a kid. Anyone that obsessed and vicious over it would probably never leave the kid alone. 9 Reply Share
    via u/thr0wawayitsnot

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

FAILS baby jobs adoption fired toxic-workplace EEOC terrible-bosses terrible-boss pregnant-lady petty revenge horrible-manager insane-work-stories overworked-employees karen
Scroll Down For The Next Article