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[quote=Anonymous]I'm actually leaving my job after m 2nd is born for 6 or so months to look for new opportunities (I have no paid maternity anyway so its not much different really) because there is literally nothing to "lean in" to at my current organization- I'm stuck and make enough money to cover childcare for two, well almost. We'd pay out of pocket for me to work about 3K a year.

I took the job out of desperation to switch fields but now I am opting out. Oddly enough I am opting out in order to be able to find something that eventually I CAN lean in to.

But I also think the concept of "Lean IN" is kind of flawed in a lot of ways, there are only so many C-level people, its a huge sacrifice to get there (there is no such thing as "having it all" at the same time, you will sacrifice your personal life in many ways) and encouraging everyone to lean in just basically works to make the top people richer and everyone else a "slave to the corporate master" while being fooled into thinking that one day everyone can be super high up. Also, it isn't evidence based, in fact there was just some study, I think I heard on NPR about how women are actually perceived poorly for negotiating hiring salary and can effect job offers even though that is touted as advice women need to catch up to men on![/quote]

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