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Why Women Leave Manager Track for Individual Contributor Roles
Episode 8 of Women at Work with Fexingo dives into the 'IC flight' phenomenon — why a growing number of mid-career women are stepping away from management roles to return to individual contributor positions. Lucas and Luna unpack the structural reasons behind the trend, from the double-bind of being seen as either 'too soft' or 'too aggressive' as a female manager, to the invisible labor of emotional support that women managers are disproportionately expected to carry. They cite a 2025 LeanIn.Org and McKinsey study finding that women in management are 1.5 times more likely than men to say…
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