Last pregnancy I told my boss pretty early on because she had noticed I was looking awful and asked if everything was okay. I announced to my coworkers a few weeks later. This time I was planning to tell my boss and coworkers at the same time at our holiday dinner (since it will be obvious when I don't order a drink). There's only 5 of us at dinner. But now I'm thinking, wait, should I tell my boss privately first before dinner? Does it matter? What would you do?
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Yes, I would tell your boss first.
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i agree, i feel like you should tell your boss first before you announce it to everyone else.
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I told my boss first.
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I agree, boss first as a courtesy and give them a heads up you will announce at the party.
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Yes you should tell your boss first,
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I told my boss first and then my team
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@dolphin: I told my boss first and my coworkers a few weeks later
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I only have 1 other co-worker besides my boss and I told them together when the three of us were having a meeting.
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Out of respect, tell your boss first. Then I think it would be great to fill everyone else in at dinner!
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Probably boss first. Could you just do it during the day prior to the dinner?
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I think I would tell my boss first and then make the announcement at the dinner.
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I'm a boss, and I'd be peeved if I wasn't told first. You'll need to work out some preliminary details, especially if you have a small office, about how everything is going to work around your pregnancy. People will undoubtedly ask you things like "when are you due?", "how long will you be gone?", and will basically want to know how it will affect their workload (even if they're too tactful to directly ask that.) Your boss will want to talk to you about these things first so that your coworkers questions (and potential concerns) can be addressed immediately. Also, it's just more respectful to tell your boss first.
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