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Why Women Are Leaving Public Service Careers Mid-Track
Episode 18 of Women at Work with Fexingo examines a quiet but costly trend: professional women in their late 30s and 40s leaving government and public-sector careers at higher rates than men. Lucas and Luna dig into a 2025 Partnership for Public Service study that found female mid-career employees in federal agencies exit at a rate 1.6 times higher than male peers, often citing opaque promotion paths, political whiplash, and a lack of flexible leadership tracks. The conversation uses the case of 'Elena,' a former EPA senior policy advisor who left after a decade for a corporate sustainability…
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