Women Are Asking for Promotions, But Men Keep Getting Them

10/05/2023 11:45
Women Are Asking for Promotions, But Men Keep Getting Them

A LeanIn.Org and McKinsey report found women are more ambitious than pre-pandemic

Women Are Asking for Promotions, But Men Keep Getting Them

A LeanIn.Org and McKinsey report found women are more ambitious than pre-pandemic

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Women want to be leaders in the workplace, but employers are still passing them by in favor of their male counterparts.

For every 100 men promoted to a manager role in 2022, only 87 women received the same boost, according to the Women in the Workplace report by Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. The number of women promoted inched up from 86 in 2021, but they’re still getting overlooked despite asking for promotions at the same rate as men, the survey found.

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