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Why Women Are Penalized for Negotiating Flexible Work
Episode 49 of Women at Work with Fexingo digs into the flexibility stigma: the hidden career penalty women face when they negotiate remote or part-time schedules. Lucas cites a 2024 Harvard Business School experiment showing that candidates who asked for flexibility were rated 12% less committed and offered 8% lower starting salaries — even when their productivity was identical. Luna shares how one listener lost a promotion after switching to a four-day week, despite exceeding targets. Together they unpack why flexibility is treated as a signal of low ambition, how the penalty compounds for…
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