So i worked at this cafe for year and a half. I was the longest person there besides one of the cooks and obviously the manager. So many people would come and go but i stayed. Well i got pregnant after 4 months and continued to work up until like 2-3 weeks before my due date. Took my leave and went back. From September until January they were giving me issues about pumping at work. I had told them when i went back i needed a space and now My supply was dropping tremendously. was only really able to pump during my break. Ive gotten walked in on by one of the male cooks so i left my shift because i was uncomfortable, then spoke to the manager about that space not working. He printed out a sign for me to hang up and everybody knew about the sign and not to enter, since the room i would pump in didn’t have a lock on the door. I still couldn’t go every 2-3 hours like i shouldve been because this one girl would take her break in that room knowing that that’s where i would pump, so i wasn’t able to go until i took my break which wasn’t until 11:30/12pm. 5-6 hours after pumping at home before i got to work. Somedays id be able to sneak away after and go again but all i was ever getting was 2oz because my supply was dropping. Well one day on my break i had the sign up and the same girl just barges in while I’m in the middle of pumping and goes “sorry” yet continues to walk in, grab what she needed, and leaves. So i left my shift again and texted my manager about my rights being violated and how ive been patient and could report them. Well during the holidays we were closing 2 hours early and working 3 day weeks and as we all know bills don’t stop. Checks were only about $200. So unfortunately i had 2 autopayments go through and had overdrafted $90 so i didn’t have any money to get on the train. As i was texting my boss, i mentioned how i was hoping to ask for a raise and told him i didn’t have the money for the train. Where j live there is all water so it isn’t like i could just walk either. While texting him, he texted me asking my ETA then after i sent my message he was pissed. He said we would talk later then later came and he fired me for “calling out at least once a week” but i have on my text record the last time i called out being 5 weeks prior. I argued just to show him he was wrong but kept it civil, and collected my check the next day. The crazy part is i was the best barista there. I handled making drinks and expediting calmer and moved faster than the other baristas. I didn’t get stressed over the work AND the owners have 2 children which the wife has told me herself were breastfed. But I’m glad I’m no longer working for a company that can’t value their longterm employees and make simple accommodations. #smallbusiness #cafe #accomedation #pumping #breastfeeding