Ex-Peloton director says disclosing pregnancy hit job prospects: ‘100% of the companies I told went from scheduling interviews to declining to bring me in for a final round’

Many employment resources today claim that job hunting while pregnant is much the same as securing a new role at any other time in your life. After all, working mothers are more visible than ever before—Jen Psaki got promoted to the White House’s top comms job while pregnant, and Nada Noaman landed her dream C-suite job at Estée Lauder while expecting. It’s what Kate Winick was reassured of after being laid off from her director role at Peleton in April 2023 when she was five months pregnant and “terrified”. “Many...