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May 22, 2024

What do women working at startups want? It’s not better parental leave

Women are happy with their tech jobs, though some have serious complaints about salary, culture and career progression


Startups are doing something right; 46% of women rated their happiness at work as a 4 out of 5 or above, a Sifted survey of 320 women in tech found — although 62% of survey respondents also said their stress levels have increased in the past year.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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