Why Women Leave Their Dream Jobs and How to Stay

Women at Work: Career, Leadership & Modern Work · Aug 26, 2026 · 9m

In this episode of Women at Work, Lucas and Luna explore a hidden reason women leave jobs they love: the subtle accumulation of micro-inequities and the lack of psychological safety that erodes commitment over time. They dissect a 2025 study from the Center for Talent Innovation showing that women who experienced even one micro-inequity per week were 2.3 times more likely to consider leaving within six months. The conversation looks at real-world examples, like a senior engineer at a Fortune 500 company who quietly started job hunting after her ideas were consistently credited to a male…