Social media influencer Modern Cali Mom, Dris Wallace, got terminated from her office job. The manager's reason was that he did not want to hear kids in the background during calls.
Mom did her job while taking care of her children
The San Diego mom worked with a 9 to 5 schedule in the financial industry when the pandemic happened. She had no choice but to work from home with her two kids because there is no childcare.
The blogger mom could not have qualified to take time off from her job because her company has more than 500 employees. She did her best to work around the clock. She wrote on her Instagram that her supervisor wanted her to do something to keep her kids quiet during calls.
The company terminated Wallace after she complained
The owner of the moderncalimom.com went to the HR to complain about the treatment that she had faced. One week later, the company terminated her. She posted a photo on her Instagram with her two children. Her older daughter held signage with a devastating message.
The daughter's sign says that her mom got terminated from her job because her boss did not want to hear her in the background. The mom-of-two wrote alongside her post that the company told her that she had a bright future. It even said that she was doing very well in her position.
She added that her clients did not complain about her kids' noise. The company even offered "hush money" and asked her not to bring up why she was terminated. What Dris did instead was to share her story with her almost 60,000 followers. She also shared why she got terminated with Daphne Delvaux, Esq., a working mom herself, and Dris' retained counsel.
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Dris' lawyer posted on Instagram that the company's president expressed support for all parents. She knows that it was just lip service. Dris said that afternoons are the best time for calls as her kids are napping.
Her manager continued to schedule calls in the morning and demanded Dris to make her kids quiet. The manager has teenage kids that his wife takes care of at home. Delvaux said it was evident that the manager does not understand Dris's condition.
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The owner of @themamattorney followed through with the seven claims they brought against Dris' old employer. They included gender discrimination and retaliation. She wrote that she had received endless notes and calls from mamas asking for help since the pandemic.
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Other mamas complaining
The mamas said they had kids at home, and their bosses did not want to accommodate changes in their job schedules. Delvaux was shocked because the bosses expect the mamas to be efficient in their work.
They want their subordinates to be productive as they take care of their family's needs. The lawyer said that people have to eradicate that mentality. She assures that if anyone trusts moms with their jobs, they will do them better than anyone else.
