What does ambition cost a working mom, and what does it give back?
This best-of brings back two conversations between Melissa and Esther about being mothers who also run a company. They look at the motherhood penalty from both sides of the hiring table, from raising money while pregnant to weighing a candidate who's about to go on parental leave, and at the guilt that comes with splitting yourself between your family, your team and your co-founder. It's an honest look at how two founder moms try to keep ambition and family in balance, and where they still struggle to.
From the episodes The Motherhood Penalty: Our Take as Moms & Employers & Two Founder Moms On Career Guilt and the Real Cost of Ambition.
00:00 The candidate with a newborn on her lap
04:26 Pregnant while fundraising
07:36 Mothers are efficient
10:07 Would you hire a pregnant candidate?
17:50 Founder guilt
23:02 A first soccer goal
26:46 Filling their cup before you leave
29:48 Leaving your partner to solo parent
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