Anyone In The Same Position...
I've been a manager for a couple of years now...I'm graduating college in May with and I'm just working at McDonalds in order to get some extra cash/pay the bills. For the most part I don't mind being a manager...my kids are awesome and I have built a strong trust with them. They know pretty well to balance fun/work at the same time. My management team we get alone with each other as well...the store manager is well another story one I won't go into. I really don't mind my job but there are times when I really hate it...

I have nothing against any of my pregnant coworkers. I have never been pregnant nor so I plan on having baby anytime soon but sometimes I get irritated working with them. I try my best to be caring and respectful...I allow them to sit down for a couple minutes to cool down...I know it can't be easy walking around with an extra 30 pounds on your midsection. Its gotten to the point where its causing some friction in my day.

For instance when I do work on the weekends I always close on Friday nights. I love closing shifts...I thrive on them and I get along with my 16 and 17 year old kids better than the people on days. Currently I have two crew people and one manager that are pregnant. A couple Fridays ago I had to close...not only did both of my pregnant girls call in it was just myself and the other closing manager working from 9-11. It sucked but we made it through okay. One of the pregnant crew is a very hard worker and she's 8 months pregnant...never complains...and always does her job. The other one is only 5 months or so and she's always wanted to go home early...she's always sick...and it seems to happen more on my shifts than anyone elses. I try to help out the best I can but sticking her in pit...by letting her eat a little to get her blood sugar going...I'm starting to wonder if she doesn't like working with me or something...

Last Thursday I was closing when my overnight manager came in. She did not look good at all and I know she's been going through really bad morning sickness. I asked her if she wanted to go home and she nodded her head. I would have covered her shift but I had to do a 9-5 the next morning and I would have worked over 24 hours at that point...I wasn't going to do it. No one wanted to cover my shift as it was so I called in a couple extra overnight people to help her out so if she was in a position to sit down she could. Then I got her some Gatorade...some crackers...some mint candy...anything to keep her from throwing up. When I went to work the next day my boss was screaming at me about labor hours and such...that I should have covered her shift...

Sunday I worked a 6-3...got called in at 7 because my closing manager was short staffed and stayed until 10. I had to do a 6-2 on Monday and I was about to go to bed at midnight when my phone went off. It was my overnight manager and she was not feeling good and couldn't find anyone to cover her shift. I ended up doing the over night...my shift...and stayed until 4:00 because the floor manager (AKA my boss) decided NOT to do a deposit which was already $5,000...

My question is how do you handle working with pregnant crew/managers...is there a fine line with "babying" them...