Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It's Different Than You Think)
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- Author：Reshma Saujani
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Reviews
Glenda Nelms
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Very eye-opening and powerful book on gender equity in the workplace。 Saujani shows the cost of inaction for families， women and economy through data and personal experience。 Pay up is a call to action for business leaders。
Kathleen
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This book review is difficult。 I think the topic of supporting， paying， and valuing mothers is important and has not been talked about enough。 I don’t necessarily agree with her premise of focusing only on mothers with children to assume that the progress and programs will trickle down to other groups。 Some of her points were interesting and could have used more support。 I wished that there was more discussion around changing societal attitudes regarding housework for example。 Full disclosure: I This book review is difficult。 I think the topic of supporting， paying， and valuing mothers is important and has not been talked about enough。 I don’t necessarily agree with her premise of focusing only on mothers with children to assume that the progress and programs will trickle down to other groups。 Some of her points were interesting and could have used more support。 I wished that there was more discussion around changing societal attitudes regarding housework for example。 Full disclosure: I received a copy of this book from a Goodreads giveaway。 。。。more
Liana
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I am passionate about equity in the workplace for women and working parents， and praise other changemakers in this arena。 It's a tough road。 Reshma Saujani， the women’s empowerment activist， founder of Girls Who Code， and mother of 2 boys is talking directly to and about me and to each and every one of you。 Well， OK I won’t be so dramatic， Saujani is talking to 23。5 million working mothers in the United States， to the rest of the world， and to each one of you: women， mothers， daughters， fathers， I am passionate about equity in the workplace for women and working parents， and praise other changemakers in this arena。 It's a tough road。 Reshma Saujani， the women’s empowerment activist， founder of Girls Who Code， and mother of 2 boys is talking directly to and about me and to each and every one of you。 Well， OK I won’t be so dramatic， Saujani is talking to 23。5 million working mothers in the United States， to the rest of the world， and to each one of you: women， mothers， daughters， fathers， husbands， partners， brothers， friends and all human beings of the 21st century。 In "Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work （And Why It's Different Than You Think）" Saujani is re-starting a Movement because we have gotten it all wrong over the past century。 Pay Up gives us the much-needed history of women’s roles in the workforce and how they took shape in the 20 and 21st centuries。 Women are invaluable to innovation and input that fuels the US economy。 Without women， our entire economy is stifled。 Saujani shares lots of data around this。 There have been many “movements” towards gender equity with brave and relentless leaders， but the plight of working mothers specifically is abysmal in 2022。 This is a well-researched call to action to empower working women， educate corporate leaders， revise our narratives about what it means to be successful， and advocate for policy reform。I joined one movement 14 years ago when I jumped onto the Great Resignation train。 “What’s that？” you ask。 “The Great Resignation is now，” you say。 “These past 2 years， the Great Resignation stems from the pandemic exacerbating the significant gender inequalities and double standards that are causing widespread burnout in women。” Well， I am talking about the OG Great Resignation。 The Movement of leaving an untenable situation and the unreasonable expectations from corporate America and of society at large。 In my privileged world， I “Leaned” OUT of the corporate rat race by quitting my job to recover from severe burnout from “having it all，” and following my personal values around raising my toddlers and protecting my wellbeing。 Having a career， raising a family， striving for the next promotion， ensuring I remained on track for challenging and rewarding work all without support… “Having It All” was just killing me。 And I was tough。 I was raised as a latch-key kid of a working single mother。 I was ready for the Motherload。 But as mentioned， it was destroying my wellbeing and made very little financial sense with paid childcare and other necessary supports。 This OG Great Resignation was the reason Lean In: Women， Work， and the Will to Lead， by Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg was written in the first place。 Highly educated women were leaving corporate and other professional and service work in droves in the early naughts due to this lack of support from the system， corporate leadership， and the government。 Not due to their “will” or lack of a will to lead！ Working-class and single women have always been strained with having to make enormous sacrifices to raise a family and to bring home a paycheck。 Situations exacerbated by a lack of extended family and modern isolation， lack of government programs， childcare， and job protection laws， leave working mothers without the proverbial village of support needed。 The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on all women， and it was catastrophic for working mothers。 Saujani’s new book Pay Up highlights how Covid exacerbated the unsustainable plight of working women in America。 She sheds light on the hidden inequalities at work and at home and the need for most ambitious women to hide half of their lives from their work leadership in order to get ahead。 Pay Up is JUST the book we all need to read right now， to know we are not alone and to create change。 Saujani exposes things many people have been getting wrong， or ignoring， and she creates a roadmap for change。 Saujani admits she was an advocate for Lean In and even pitied stay-at-home moms。 Her “Aha” moment came after she herself had a child， and then a second child， and had to juggle work and child-rearing during the pandemic。 After she started to walk the walk， she realized that the system needs to change， not the working mothers。 Thank you， Reshma。 That makes a LOT of sense and I am thrilled you point this out。 Women are way too damn hard on other women。 Other moms are not the problem。 Women need to protect and nurture their wellbeing but it is not up to the individual women to change the system。 It is up to corporate leadership， government， the system to change the system。 As a political activist fighting for The Marshall Plan for Moms， Saujani describes this as “an investment in women’s recovery and empowerment。” In the book she reveals the “big lie” of corporate feminism and a lack of real progress we seem to have been fighting for for years。 Saujani presents an ambitious plan to address the burnout and inequity that impact corporate innovation and success， as well as harm America’s working women。 While the government is fighting things out in Washington， Saujani offers a roadmap for change， or ”a bottom-line primer” on what’s needed and what employers and individual women can do to “contribute to the revolution。” This very specific tool for change can be super useful as we all strive to set up a more sustainable working world and to protect an invaluable source of our collective economic and personal wellbeing。 I highly recommend you read Pay Up， and send a copy to any working mother you know is struggling and above all， share with anyone with the power to create lasting institutional change。 To each of you who read this to the end， I appreciate your engagement as a key part of this revolution， as I am in my mission-driven work with Monumental Me to help all women and organizations create and better manage their wellbeing at work for sustainable， long term "success。" ~ Liana Slater 。。。more
Ernestine Allen
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I really enjoyed this book。 I recommend this for all women。
Kelly Paradis
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I was so excited when I saw this book was coming out， and it did not disappoint。 There are plenty of books about gender equity （or lack thereof） in the United States。 However， this one takes the topic one very important step further and gives actionable recommendations that individuals， employers， and lawmakers can take to improve。 If you are familiar with the Marshall Plan for Moms， this won't surprise you。 My only concern is that the people who need to read this book won't。 So buy it， borrow i I was so excited when I saw this book was coming out， and it did not disappoint。 There are plenty of books about gender equity （or lack thereof） in the United States。 However， this one takes the topic one very important step further and gives actionable recommendations that individuals， employers， and lawmakers can take to improve。 If you are familiar with the Marshall Plan for Moms， this won't surprise you。 My only concern is that the people who need to read this book won't。 So buy it， borrow it， get it from the library， secretly read it while sitting in the back of a bookstore， whatever you need to do to get it read and start taking action so that all genders are supported and treated equally。 Thank you to Reshma Saujani， Simon & Schuster， and Edelweiss for the opportunity to access this free e-arc in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Cari
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