Anonymous wrote:Effective role models are those that have similar backgrounds to you that got to where you want to be.
It isn't effective to have a role model be xyz, when you and her have NOTHING in common.
Anonymous wrote:The Notorious RBG!
(I know, not private sector but she also doesn't fit thr Fed exclusion from the other thread)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am.
Rachel is.
Jen C. is.
Erika is.
Joi is.
Pam is.
I wish you could know them
can you share their industry? because I'm in Finance and the only women at the top I know aren't married and have no kids.
Anonymous wrote:I thought the issue with Sheryl Sandberg is that she has money to outsource things, so it's easy for her to tell women to lean in. But it's not like you lean in and automatically start making the kind of money she makes (the kind of money that enables you to hire help to make home life easier).
I don't think she's a bad person, but I think she's out of touch with what most working women deal with, the challenges to leaning in.
That said, I don't think my issue with her is just about professional women and the issues they face but about the issues men and women face in the modern workplace with regard to being expected to sacrifice all other things in life for work. I think too many CEOs write books about this stuff and then expect all other workers to work like they do but without their high pay. So it's one thing to work a 60-hour (or more) week when you make enough money to hire people to take care of all of the other things in life. It's a different thing if you're a middle manager making peanuts and expected to work those hours.
Anonymous wrote:I am.
Rachel is.
Jen C. is.
Erika is.
Joi is.
Pam is.
I wish you could know them