Edelweiss MF CEO Radhika Gupta welcomed her first little one in June final yr.

Radhika Gupta not too long ago revealed that she by no means mentioned the period of her maternity go away together with her boss final yr when she was pregnant together with her son Rémy Gupta Moniz. Throughout a podcast, the Edelweiss Mutual Funds CEO mentioned that regardless of how issues associated to being pregnant and motherhood are not often mentioned at workplaces, it was her boss who had supplied her among the best items of recommendation on work and motherhood.

“I do know of only a few ladies who aren’t nervous about how being pregnant and motherhood will occur, with work alongside. I used to be too, and I obtained the perfect recommendation from my boss,” she mentioned. “I by no means mentioned maternity go away with my boss. We by no means mentioned how lengthy I used to be going to go on maternity go away. He by no means requested me. There was sufficient belief.”

Elaborating on the recommendation, Radhika Gupta mentioned, “My boss informed me being pregnant is a giant occasion within the lifetime of a lady, personally. However six months (the same old period of maternity go away in India) isn’t a giant occasion in your profession, and also you at all times need to keep in mind that.”

I do know of only a few ladies who aren’t nervous about how being pregnant and motherhood will occur, with work alongside. I used to be too, and I obtained the perfect recommendation from my boss.

Right here it’s.

Amongst many interviews, the final 30 minutes of this one are actually particular. Past the work life… https://t.co/EJEODbtZZ5

— Radhika Gupta (@iRadhikaGupta) December 3, 2023

The Edelweiss boss was additionally informed that being a mom would make her a greater chief. “He mentioned, ‘If I have been to ship you to Harvard to get six months of govt training, I might do it and no one would say that you take day without work. I would give it to you in writing that motherhood will make you a greater chief,” Gupta mentioned on The Barbershop with Shantanu.

She added that matters associated to maternity are sometimes averted in workplaces and even at her workplace, she has seen ladies workers coping with miscarriages and different issues by themselves with out sharing it with others. “They could be low, it could have an effect on their work, they could be going by way of one thing however as a result of it is a social taboo, they’re going to inform no one.”

Learn extra: ‘Ex-Microsoft intern’ Radhika Gupta on studying management from Satya Nadella: ‘Thanks’

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