The queenagers are done with unhappy workplaces

In ongoing discussion over the progress women have made—and still need to make—in the work place, one key group is often overlooked. To understand the challenges ahead for women today it’s crucial to consider what queenagers have accomplished and how the playing field has shifted since they first made inroads into a male-dominated business world. For women it often gets back to a critical phase: how to successfully navigate the years of juggling careers with having kids—and the often huge financial costs required to do so in a society where men, on average, still significantly out earn women. Children and the ensuing caregiving responsibilities are the main contribution to lesser job experience.” For women, Noon found that flexibility is 16 times more important to women aged 45 to 60 than status—and way above the value they place on reaching the corner office or receiving a swanky title as rewards of seniority. When it comes to how people feel at work, a recent survey of 4,500 workers across five countries on Belonging in the Workplace conducted by research firm Opinium found that men and women are neck and neck at around 70% feeling a sense of belonging, with the caveat that more than half of both men and women said they can’t always express themselves freely.