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She Came Back From Maternity Leave and Lost Her Job. Here Is What Happened Next. | Leika Hightower

Leika Hightower has spent over a dozen years in customer experience, working her way from health insurance to tech startups. Then one Monday morning, shortly after returning from maternity leave, she got a calendar invite for 30 minutes after she clocked in. She already knew. She had shared those premonitions with her husband the night before. What followed was a termination call, a phone call to her mom at 7am, and a husband who waited quietly outside the room and said three words when it was over. We talk about what it feels like to be pushed out after maternity leave (and how startups seem to rarely be prepared to handle maternity leave), the awkward moments when her manager asked her to open up more, how she's stayed out of the desperation trap, and why she's grateful to the company that fired her. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week 👍 Like and share if this resonated; and let me know if you're a job seeker and would like to come on the show 📎 Leika Hightower on LinkedIn:   / mahightower   📎 Drew Stiling on LinkedIn:   / drewstiling   📎 Adventures in Job Searching on LinkedIn:   / adventures-in-job-searching   Adventures in Job Searching is the podcast you never want to be invited on ... but we're glad you're here. 0:00 – Intro and meet Leika Hightower 0:43 – 12 years in customer experience across healthcare, tech and energy 1:56 – Why people are her passion and what she's learned from strangers on the phone 3:46 – The old radio personality who told her she had a voice for radio 6:33 – Her very first job interview right out of high school 9:52 – The butterflies and how the interviewer calmed them down 10:58 – The green open to work banner and how she ended up here 11:25 – The dreaded Monday morning Gmail calendar invite 13:17 – Coming back from maternity leave and feeling pushed out 16:07 – Did her company see her as less committed after maternity leave 18:04 – What her manager heard but never listened to 20:52 – What was going through her body when she heard the news 23:21 – A five minute meeting that changed everything 25:37 – What she said when she finally spoke 29:50 – The first call she made — her mom at 7am 31:45 – How her mom brought her back down to earth 33:29 – The husband who was waiting outside the room 34:11 – How unemployment has affected her marriage 35:25 – How do you find the strength not to settle 37:33 – Making it LinkedIn official and feeling like a failure 40:49 – How she has been blessed during this search 42:08 – What to do if you don't have a community 43:37 – How she has been a blessing to others while unemployed 44:26 – Does she still have anger toward the company that fired her 47:02 – What that first week of unemployment actually looked like 49:14 – The unexpected gift of time with her daughter 49:36 – Advice for someone who just got laid off today 53:37 – What she knows now about job searching that she didn't a month ago 54:56 – Tips for your best friend who just lost their job 56:12 – Grading herself as a job searcher 58:32 – The one thing she knows she should be doing but isn't 59:43 – Final question: why should I hire you #JobSearch #Layoff #MaternityLeave #CustomerExperience #JobSearchTips #Unemployment #WorkingMoms #AdventuresInJobSearching #Dallas #DallasTX #DallasJobs #DallasCareers