maternity

A host of factors go into deciding whether to have a child, from finances and medical expenses to one’s lifestyle and living situation.But in the US, another sometimes crucial detail is the companies where parents work.The US is the only developed, high-income nation that doesn’t guarantee national paid parental leave,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ingrid Carney, founder and CEO of Ingrid & Isabel. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Back in the early 2000s, I was working at my third startup. One day, I was getting ready to pitch venture…

I opened up my annual performance review and gasped. For the first time, I was seeing the words “Successful Contributor” instead of the “Exceptional Contributor” I’d earned the previous two years. Loading audio narration… So what changed? I became a mom.It wasn’t just about the words. It was also that…