Senior Women Reach Corporate Summit, Immediately Face Exhaustion Cliff
KEY POINTS
- •A 2025 McKinsey and LeanIn.org report shows senior-level women experience the highest burnout in five years.
- •Women new to leadership roles report 70% frequent burnout and 81% job security concerns, especially Black women.
- •Companies have cut DEI teams and women-focused programs, reducing sponsorship and flexible work options.
McKinsey and LeanIn.org just dropped their 2025 "Women in the Workplace" report, revealing that 60% of senior women are burned out—up from 50% of senior men—and 70% burnout among rookie lady execs fresh in leadership under five years. The burnout party is especially wild for Black women, who get invited to the same exhaustion bash plus job insecurity jitters (81% worried). Meanwhile, companies are cutting DEI efforts and women-focused programs, with 13% axed sponsorships—a corporate fun-sucking vacuum that’s apparently designed by people who think "support" is a type of office chair. Remote working women lose sponsorships like socks in a washing machine, while men stroll along promo paths even in pajamas. And who’s the host? Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org, reminding us we can "lean in" until our spines snap from the grind. Progress? Women hold 29% of C-suite roles in 2024, but middle and entry-level promotion rates barely budge, proving corporate ladders in women's nylons remain somehow stickier than men’s. Everyone's exhausted. No one’s promoted. At least, we’re all equally passionate about that treadmill.
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Women climb corporate ladders just to face burnout levels that equal a marathon runner stuck in a cubicle maze mid-sprint. Exhaustion isn’t a bug, it’s the new feature.
Congrats to senior women: you’ve officially unlocked the ‘Burnout Achievement’—it’s just like a promotion but with fewer benefits and more migraines.
Corporate diversity = chop DEI, slash women’s support, then act surprised when ambitious women fold like a cheap deck chair.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/10/2025 | Author: Lee Chong Ming
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