📬🐌✨Before we dive in…

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There’s a stat floating around the internet that has people acting shocked. A new report says only 69 percent of women in entry level jobs want a promotion. Men are at 80 percent. Corporate America clutches its pearls. Women shrug.

Because women aren’t losing drive. They’re just tired of trying to thrive in workplaces that treat them like the supporting cast in a show they’re actually running.

We were raised on the idea that if we played by the rules, kept everything moving, stayed pleasant, showed up early, stayed late, and said yes far more than we wanted to, the universe (or at least HR) would reward us. Except that isn’t how it played out. What we got instead were overflowing to do lists, invisible emotional labor, that constant feeling of being stretched too thin, and an endless need to prove our worth to people who weren’t proving much in return.

I figured this out long before anyone wrote a study about it. Back when I worked at the title company, nothing happened without me. I chased down every, every document, every bit of information the closing depended on. Agents, attorneys, insurance companies, lenders… I wrangled all of it. If one detail went sideways, the whole thing stalled.

Meanwhile the men in the office handled two tasks. One went to the courthouse and did title searches. The other breezed in for closings, walked people through the paperwork, collected signatures, and disappeared again. They made more money. They set their own hours before flexible work was even a concept. And when something went wrong? I got blamed. Not because it was my mistake, but because the man running the show didn’t want to look like he’d dropped the ball.

That was the moment I realized the ladder wasn’t broken. It was built without women in mind at all. 🪜

So when this new research claims women “want less,” I can’t help but laugh. Women don’t want less. Women want something that doesn’t require them to trade their sanity for a job title.

And intuition is the one blowing the whistle.

That inner voice is getting louder. It’s the one saying, “This ladder isn’t even leaning against a building I want to be in.” It’s the one pointing out that ambition shouldn’t feel like punishment. It’s the one telling women, very clearly, that a job draining the life out of you is not the same thing as success.

Women aren’t stepping away from ambition. They’re stepping away from exhaustion disguised as opportunity.

And what they’re choosing instead looks a lot more human. Work that lets you breathe a little. Work where people support each other instead of competing like there’s only room for one of us at the top. Work that leaves pockets of space for ideas and creativity instead of treating every minute like a deadline. Work that considers intuition an actual asset instead of something to hide.

Corporate folks are calling this “snail girl jobs.” Women are calling it finally choosing their well being.

This shift doesn’t mean growth is off the table. It means women want growth that doesn’t require them to disappear into the job entirely. Growth that doesn’t feel like a full time endurance test. Growth that leaves room for a life outside the workspace.

And honestly, companies should be paying very close attention. Women aren’t breaking the system. The system is creaking under its own weight. 🏋

What’s happening is simple. Women are letting their intuition guide their ambition instead of following rules that were never meant for them.

And every time one of us chooses the healthier path, it quietly opens up that possibility for someone else too.

Intuition isn’t the opposite of ambition.

It’s ambition with better boundaries.

Here's to working at your own pace 🐌,

Decoding the Shift: Snail Girl Jobs vs Quiet Quitting

People keep trying to lump Snail Girl Jobs and Quiet Quitting together, but they’re not coming from the same place at all.

Quiet Quitting showed up when burnout was everywhere. People were stretched thin, trying to do their jobs without letting the job eat their whole life. It was survival mode with a trendy label slapped on top.

Snail Girl Jobs are intentional. They start with a different question:

What pace actually feels good for me?

It isn’t about doing less. It’s about doing work without sacrificing your health, your creativity, or your sanity.

Quiet Quitting scared managers because it meant workers were exhausted.

Snail Girl Jobs scare them because they mean workers are waking up.

Quiet Quitting is a symptom.

Snail Girl Jobs are a shift.

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