The shopaholic, the overly ‘emotional’ young woman practicing ‘retail therapy’, the stay-at-home mom spending all of ‘her husband’s hard earned money’, there’s no shortage of cultural archetypes for the female overspender, ‘wasting’ money on supposedly thoughtless and needless purchases.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
Too often, when we talk about closing the gender pay gap, the focus is on one thing: women need to ask for higher pay. “Just ask!” experts seem to shout at us through a metaphorical megaphone. The reality is far more complex, and understanding what happens when women negotiate, in addition to the many ways they negotiate, can help you advance more quickly, do more interesting work, and achieve better work-life balance.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
This week, I’m speaking to Anna, a 32-year-old IT professional working in Seattle, Washington. Here’s our conversation (edited for length and clarity).| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
Many of us wish we were more productive – so much so that we often feel immensely guilty about not getting more done by the end of the day.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
Millennials are often credited with ushering in an era of progressive social change – forming the core support of social movements from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to Me Too. But as this generation ages out of their post-grad years into middle age, those alleged progressive ideals don’t always translate into practice.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
You’re reading Too Ambitious — a newsletter about navigating ambition, power and money on our own terms. Please join me in welcoming, writer and attorney, Heather Joelle Boneparth to Too Ambitious to share her story.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
When I read that Nancy Pelosi’s husband had been bludgeoned with a hammer inside his home last week by an attacker yelling “Where is Nancy?”, my first reaction was visceral – I could think only of how excruciatingly painful that must have been. My second thought was like a slowly dawning horror: What else would the attacker – who was found with duct tape and zip ties on him – have done if he’d found the woman he was seeking?| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
When you hear the word ‘witch’ in America, you can be pretty sure it’s in reference to a woman.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
I have a hard time making plans. | Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
If there’s one thing on TikTok that seems to unite everyone from entrepreneurial tech bros to crunchy wellness gurus, it’s an obsession with dialing in the Perfect Morning Routine. | Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
A new California law called The Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act will take effect in 2023, requiring companies in the state with more than 15 employees to include salary ranges on job postings, to provide current employees with the pay scale for their positions upon request, and for employers with more than 100 workers to maintain job title and wage histories for each employee, expanding pay data reporting requirements.| Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
When I was a kid, my Grandpa taught me to paint, do carpentry, caulk, lay tile – things most children aren’t taught, especially girls. I remember a conversation with Grandpa when I was maybe four. Working on a lawnmower, he said to me, “It’s important you learn these things. If you know how to do them, you’ll always be able to find work.” | Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez