Some managers just don't have the brains or the cells that are supposed to accompany them in order to lead a team. In this case, OP was working in finance, and like many other employees in similar shoes, she was hoping that one day she could get a promotion. Her dream was basically crushed by her boss who told her that if she was gonna have kids in the next few years, there was no way she was getting promoted. First of all, that's very illegal. Second of all, what did her boss expect her to do, just not have kids? OP was shocked at her boss's behavior and had a hunch that something wasn't quite right. So she did what anyone else would do… she turned to r/careeradvice.
She explained the entire bizarre situation, and luckily a lot of people who had gone through similar things had a lot of good advice to give. Not to mention lawyers who gave their own legal advice. Scroll down to read exactly how it all played out. For more, here is a story about HR quashing an employee's raise, leading to the entire company tanking.
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