New LinkedIn data shows more women are promoted to manager in Seattle than any other city

The pandemic was tough on working mothers who, during the height of the quarantine, suddenly took on homeschooling and additional caretaking responsibilities. Some women made the hard decision to leave their jobs behind. But here in Seattle, there is some good news. Women in Seattle are advancing to management positions at the highest rate in the country. According to new LinkedIn data, Seattle saw the largest proportion of women moving into management roles in 2021. “Women in Seattle are 80% more likely than the national average to advance in Seattle than in, say, New York or San Francisco or some of the other metro areas,” said Caroline Fairchild, editor at large at LinkedIn. Not surprisingly, the industry where women succeeded most was in pandemic-proof tech. “Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Boeing, and Salesforce; those are all companies that made LinkedIn’s top companies list this year,” Fairchild said. There are tech companies in plenty of other cities, so why are more women in Seattle being promoted? “A lot of people weren’t able to necessarily say, ‘Oh, this is why this is happening in Seattle.’ But it wasn’t surprising to anyone, which I think gets back to the progressive nature of this city,” said…
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