I wonder if our concept of having it all is ever going to evolve. For me, one of the things that kept gnawing at me and amandoour producer, was that it seemed like the total picture required children. I do wonder how much the focus on productivity in efficiency at an organization level has really made this idea even more out of reach. If we someone to take some of emily's work off her plate, let's just hire a contracta. That's how companies do this in certain moments.
One way to help close the gender earnings gap? Deliberate redundancy at work, according to economic historian Claudia Goldin. Claudia expands on this idea and shares other insights about the U.S. female labor force. Emily and the Amys reflect on the career-family decisions they’ve made (or plan to make) and imagine what it would be like to have a colleague who could fill in for them whenever they needed time off.