AITAH? Fired a lady after maternity.

Last month I posted about firing a female employee after maternity that created a debate: https://share.gvine.app/fdu9iQyCrQP6Ehn89 For anyone interested in how things turned out, here it is... TLDR: Employee/new mom filed an FIR, police closed it after she admitted she quit after we tried to put her on a PIP. (In FIR she said she was wrongly terminated) The women's commission of India summoned me after and it was an experience! I got scolded for about 2h by four women... but in the end they just scolded me like angry teachers? I guess they tried to give the lady some satisfaction by humiliating me. Pretty sad if that's all they can do to represent women with genuine cases. Overall the average grapevine user said I was in the wrong for putting a new mom on a PIP, regardless of performance before and after pregnancy. Most critical folks told me I should've informed the employee about performance issues before maternity. Lawyers say I made the right choice and protected the company. It's a bit messed up that laws designed to protect women at work end up making things worse for them. Because of legal fear we went directly to a formal PIP with recorded calls with HR, the direct manager and others refused to do anything without legal advice. But in the end, she filed a case, so perhaps the cold approach recommended by lawyers was sadly correct. Lastly, I finally saw that outside of my own business echo chamber (both men and women business people), society holds pregnant women and new moms valuable above all else. Someone like me who is a bachelor & slave to capitalism has a totally different set of values, as such some people think I'm fair game for insults. But I hope by making products of value I can make a positive impact in my own way. Thanks for providing your perspectives.

Hi Guys, I wanted your opinion in 1 matter, I just resigned from a crappy company due to work pressure, mental health and extreme micro management and when I put down the papers, the a**hole on a call told me that during my notice period, my performance should not drop because if it does, then the HR will be involved. He also told me one story where a guy absconded due to mental health from the company and we have not given his relieving letter due to it. This company has a 3 month notice and he has said that after my replacement comes, then he can release me early. My question is that as long as I show up, I won't abscond, do my best, do the work as the mental health allows, can this a**hole do something with my relieving letter, like not give it to me. I think he already knew that I'll bring the mental health angel and told me that story to threaten me indirectly. How should I work in my notice, he is expecting 100% from me even in notice period and I think he'll try to threaten me if I can't deliver his unrealistic deadlines. What can this a**hole do?

Hi. Does anyone know if taking a sabbatical during pregnancy can lead to the company using this as a reason of non-performance to either fire the women or not provide her with the maternity leave benefits? Context 1. Company is aware that the person is pregnant 2. Person in question has been with the company for 2+ years 3. Past appraisal ratings have been 'Exceeds Expectations' or 'Meets Expectation' 4. Sabbatical period could be 1-2 months. Maternity leave will not immediately start after the sabbatical

I have had over 8-10 managers in my life in a career spanning over 8 years, 5 of them were female managers and unfortunately the experience with 4 of them were very bad. They’re either micro managers, or power hungry, want to be dominant over male juniors, misuse their power, cannot take any kind of resistance or refusals or disagreement from juniors. I have always heard female managers are more empathetic but unfortunately I’ve faced the opposite. Just wondering, was it just bad luck or is it actually the case? I tried to introspect in this and I found at least 4 points common across all these female managers: 1. They are all from Tier 2/3 Cities 2. They’ve studied in premier institutions IIT,IIMS,Wharton even one of them 3. They either have a younger or elder brother who got more love in the family 4. Their husband is at a higher senior level than them in professional life/career

HRs are famous for playing cheap tricks with company employees while pretending to act as their allies. HRs are the real snakes. Would be great to hear about any anecdotes or experiences that the members can share.