Thread by @LWieck

I got hired into a TT job while I was pregnant w/ a due date 45 days into my appointment. I'll never forget the enthusiasm of the dean who hired me when I told her. She worked hard on the negotiation process to try to find the most humane solutions possible for me #ncph2020 #wg5

In the end, I worked from home for my first semester. We didn't move to Texas until baby was 3 months old. This was great because our families could help us out for a few months.

I had a modified 1:1 teaching load my first year because I was hired to build a PH MA #wg5 #ncph2020

They shifted it to a 0:2 load. I didn't have access to FMLA since I was brand new but they figured out how to get me short term disability for 6 weeks and mostly let me be for the next 4-6 weeks as I prepared to move. #wg5 #ncph2020

I mean, I wish I had more time, but my new colleagues were lovely to me during this time and hugely flexible. They gave things up and helped bear my load those first few months. I'll forever be grateful #wg5 #ncph2020

They also were incredibly flexible about tenure clock extensions (I added one ...because I had to decide within a few weeks of being employed, and then later removed it in my 2nd year here)

This is my reminder that I should write something about this bizarre experience but for where