Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Erika breaks down the new 2025 Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey and Lean In — and the headline isn’t pretty. Companies are pulling back on advancing women, benefits are shrinking, and early-career women are showing a widening ambition gap. Erika digs into why this is happening, the cultural resentment that followed MeToo and Covid, the rise of trad-wife aesthetics, and why women are questioning whether the workplace is worth the fight. She also explains why opportunity comes down to one thing: opening the aperture so more people get a real shot.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Net Net
00:06 – The 2025 Women in the Workplace Headline
01:31 – The Ambition Gap and Why Women Are Opting Out
03:04 – Resentment, MeToo Blowback, and Cultural Shifts
04:26 – Generational Differences and Zero-Sum Thinking
05:29 – Why Women Are Questioning the Value of Work
07:03 – Opening the Aperture: What Companies Must Do Next
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Erika breaks down the new 2025 Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey and Lean In — and the headline isn’t pretty. Companies are pulling back on advancing women, benefits are shrinking, and early-career women are showing a widening ambition gap. Erika digs into why this is happening, the cultural resentment that followed MeToo and Covid, the rise of trad-wife aesthetics, and why women are questioning whether the workplace is worth the fight. She also explains why opportunity comes down to one thing: opening the aperture so more people get a real shot.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Net Net
00:06 – The 2025 Women in the Workplace Headline
01:31 – The Ambition Gap and Why Women Are Opting Out
03:04 – Resentment, MeToo Blowback, and Cultural Shifts
04:26 – Generational Differences and Zero-Sum Thinking
05:29 – Why Women Are Questioning the Value of Work
07:03 – Opening the Aperture: What Companies Must Do Next
Follow WORK here:
Substack: erikaayersbadan.substack.com
Instagram: instagram.com/workwitherika
TikTok: tiktok.com/@workwitherika
Follow Erika here:
Instagram: instagram.com/erika
TikTok: tiktok.com/@erika_
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erikanardini
Twitter: twitter.com/erika_
Follow Work Like A Girl here:
Instagram: instagram.com/worklikeagirl
Slack Channel: join.slack.com/t/worklikeagirl/shared_invite/zt-3a7fiqzf8-NEf3DUArSMz76vTspihC5w
