It’s been over fourteen years since I entered the workforce and here I am with a marriage, two children, and a household to manage. Yes, I am lucky to have a great husband and devoted father as my partner, but I’ve noticed there are fewer and fewer women like me at work; what’s worse, the ones that I think are more like me are disappearing.
The “power couple” with children: are we an endangered species?
Think I’m imagining this? Just look at my history of female bosses and leaders since 2002 (leaving a few out for privacy):
1: Lovely woman, early 40s, never married, and available for work 24/7 unless she was on a cruise vacation.
2: Also a lovely woman, late 30’s, USC MBA, sister of a well-known celebrity, totally single, and available for work 24/7 when not needing to be available to support celebrity sister.
3: Mid 20’s, got married 2 months after I stopped working for her, available for work 24/7 (she had traveled to South Africa 4 times just for work within one year). I heard that a few years after marriage she wasn’t working anymore… and had left heavy travel job she had.
4: Sweetest woman ever — and maybe the only one closest to my situation. Had just come back from maternity…
