Discussion Question

When you first became a sales managers a few years ago, one of the saleswomen you hired became pregnant within the first year, and went on leave for several months to take care of her baby. You remember how you really had to scramble to cover her territory during her maternity leave by requiring other salespeople to cover parts of her territory. Whats more, she decided not to return to the job after her maternity leave was up. Ever since then, even though you are a female sales manager and the mother of two teenagers, you have tried to subtly avoid hiring young saleswomen, if other candidates were at least equally qualified. To keep from looking like youre discriminating against women, however, you have hired a few saleswomen who are generally past the child bearing age