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HA! I can relate to your comment here about wanting increased responsibility at work.

That being said, one thing I think is often overlooked is that more senior roles typically involve different skills, ie; strategy, people management, reviewing work/performance and general culture setting. The higher up, typically the less you're required to do the grunt work (though I appreciate some people find people management, for example, to be a slog!).

I think the above skills actually align well with motherhood, because you're kind of using those muscles a lot in your role as a mother – compared to say, spreadsheets or coding or design work.

What do you think?

Thank you always for reading and engaging xx

As always, this is so thoughtful. And it’s actually quite timely - just today, I received an announcement of someone who is currently on maternity leave and has been promoted to a senior director role when she returns later this month. It certainly doesn’t undo the systemic challenges that you’ve outlined here, but it’s a step in the rig…

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