Two or three of my coworkers will split up my work while I am on leave. I have to go over a few things and train them soon. I can tell they are not happy about the extra work. 
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For #1, no one took over my work. I was ahead of schedule and my team was able to work around my absence to do other things so that when I came back, everything was just as I left it.
For #2, another engineer took over my work completely. Coming back was rough because that engineer continued to work on the stuff that was originally mine.
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They hired someone who was not competent and does not like computers (my job relies heavily on computers), so I came back to a mess.
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@Adira: oh no, awkward! Has it been resolved?
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I'm a pastry chef and I've hired a replacement to fill in for me while I'm on leave. Have spent the past 2 months training her part time. Luckily she is flexible being on call until I go into labor bc I'm planning to work up until the end!
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Unless something major happens, I'm assuming my team will pick up my work. I've worked here for 9 years and no one on my team has ever taking extended leave, so it should be interesting.
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@autumnlove: haha, not really. I mean, the guy is continuing with the work and I'm now more in a filler role on the team. I'm looking forward to starting a new project that I can have more of an impact on.
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When I was teaching in a public school, I got a long term sub. He ended up being terrible & I got a lot of grief for it when I got back, but he was signed off on by my teammates & principal so I tried to shrug it off.
Now I'm reaching private preschool and an experienced teacher who's left the classroom for a training role will fill in for me (I think, it's not set in stone but it's what makes the most sense right now). -
My boss plus two co-workers (including one that they hired at the last minute in panic). It worked out but they were all super happy when I came back. My boss is going on maternity leave at the end of this year and I am going to have to cover for her, which will not be fun since I am hoping to be pregnant myself by that point.
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They hired a short-term contractor to backfill my role. It was stated he was in the role for 4-6 months but I am sure they told him it was likely to become a permanent role because I think everyone suspected I would not return - and they were right. I was invested in finding a good replacement for them for that reason. If I had planned to return, I probably would have convinced them to split the work up to not jeopardize my job
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My team split it up amongst themselves and I came back to a mess.
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For both pregnancies a team member and I were out on overlapping leave. Tough when you're only a team of 4 to start with. I really tried to work ahead this time but management was still trying to map out their strategy for the rest of the year when I left. The two remaining people will do double work.
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Since I'm in Canada and will be gone for the year they hired a temporary teacher to take over my classroom
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I was a contractor so they hired another contractor for the 7 weeks I was out. Super awkward when I came back because I think he was hoping to stay.
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The work I do is assigned out to a team of about 8 based on availability, so everyone else on the team just gets extra assignments while I'm out.
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I teach in a public school so I will get a long term sub, but the "quality" with long-term subs can be very hit or miss
I'm hoping my principal will be proactive about it and advocate with HR to be involved with the process. I'm hoping to at least meet the sub, talk over basic logistics, and have them observe for a day. But..... the few women I know that have recently taken FMLA leave, didn't even know who would be taking over. The district sometimes makes the decision last minute.
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with my first, my day job trained existing technicians to do the behind the scenes stuff and my boss took over my emailing duties.
now as a small business owner, no one does my work!
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@Adira: This is what I see happening for me
a coworker with the same title but a recent hire will take over my duties until I return. She is always asking for more responsibility so I'm a little apprehensive.
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@pinkarmadillo: Hopefully it works out better for you than it did me. My coworker completely took over my stuff and then since he had been working on it for 12 weeks, my boss wanted him to keep going on it rather than have to slow traction to bring me back up to speed and take back over. It made sense, from a business standpoint, but kind of sucked.
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@Adira: Wow, that's really difficult. Thanks...me too. Fingers crossed!
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At my last company they hired a contractor. But he was a recent grad and had no experience. I came back to a mess.
At my new company they will probably do the same, but with a contractor that has way more experience!
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For #1, nobody. I worked my butt off to make sure everything was done before I left. Which meant I was working on the hospital bed while I was in labor. Ha!
I had 2 follow up items for my boss to do, but he didn't do them so I just picked them up when I returned.
I'm guessing it'll be the same for #2.
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I have a temporary replacement. She is in my role as a development opportunity, and will go back to her previous role when she is done.
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I am a teacher, so the school will get a sub while I am out. There's a good chance that my role will be changing when I return, so it's possible that they will just look to hire someone permanently to take over my job, and I will start with new responsibilities after my leave.
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The first time, no one really had to fill in for me because I worked my tail off to finish my reports. I didn't go into labor till I put the last one down and told myself enough is enough.
This time I'm managing ongoing projects and I've handed them off to like ten different people, but a few of them are horrible messy things that have been giving me gray hair for the last few months. I've briefed people as best I could, but I just know stuff will go wrong and I'll come back to a mess
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There are actually two of us with the same role out simultaneously. They reassigned some stuff to a clinician with a similar role, scheduled our existing per diem staff more heavily, plus hired one new per diem nurse,
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My boss just accepts fewer projects.
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A team of 12. Don't carrreeeeeee
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A contractor whom they will likely hire full time. Not sure what to expect when my leave ends, but I also am having a hard time caring.
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I'm in Canada, they hired a replacement to do my job on a contract. I trained her and she was amazing. She left after three months for her dream job and they hired two more people.
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Last time they hired a person on contract for the year, this time they're doing the same (but haven't yet...). The last girl didn't work out well at all, so I hope this year's replacement is good!
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No one really, my coworkers may see a few of my patients but most wait until I come back unless urgent
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@desertdreams88 This exactly! With teaching they typically hire a temporary person but who knows what you'll get. I actually was a temp for another woman on maternity leave and it was great. The only downside was I didn't know if or when she would return! First it was December, then March, then she might decide to quit. I started in October and she ended up coming back after the school year was over.
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Either someone will have an opportunity to get experience (and more pay) in an Acting Manager capacity or my unit will accept fewer projects. I work for a city government, so profit is not a concern.
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They are in the process of hiring a temp contractor.
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Mine is a little different since I work in a jail. Unfortunately they will have steady overtime until I come back and it is whoever signs up to work.
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They hire someone for the year
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I'm a teacher, but not a classroom teacher (pull out). So they will likely still get a sub at least part time. Again, quality is not great.
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when I went on leave the first time we hired someone to take over my work. I went in when LO was about 8 weeks to train her, and then she promptly fell pregnant and left 7 months later. I was pisssssssed! this time will be much easier as I only work one day a week, so my role will just be split between 2 people.
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My work gets distributed to my coworkers and then comes back to me when I return.
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