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How Women Get Crowded Out of High-Potential Projects
Episode 125 of Women at Work with Fexingo tackles a subtle but costly career trap: the 'glue work' tax. Lucas and Luna examine how women are often assigned to collaboration, crisis management, and team-building tasks rather than high-visibility, high-revenue projects. Drawing on a 2025 Harvard Business Review study of 3,000 knowledge workers, they break down why this dynamic persists, the concrete 'career advancement gap' it creates—women spend up to 20% more time on non-promotable work—and what listeners can do to push back without seeming uncooperative. They walk through three specific…
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