Promotion Not a big chance. Malhotra, President of McKinsey America, told about 170 participants that although 83% of middle-level career women had a strong desire to enter the company's higher level, they had only 60% of men's chances of obtaining senior management positions in men, Vikram Malhotra. At the meeting, Malhotra repeatedly stressed that middle-level career women were promoted because of excellent performance, while men in the middle class were promoted because of their potential. This means that some women may have to work harder than men to get promotion opportunities.

Choice of lifestyle. Malhotra said many parents said they would not accept promotion that would damage work and life balance. But McKinsey's research found that after having children, women often felt more necessary to control the number of business trips. Klau Chet, President of global wealth and investment management at Bank of America (Sallie Krawcheck) added at the meeting that for those middle-level career women with one to two children, "going home" is acceptable to society.

Glass ceiling. A woman in McKinsey's research said that no woman in my company served as a top management. Without models, supporters and mentors from the top, it is hard for women to imagine that they can go up to the top. Malhotra said, a long-term factor is that the boss is worried that if a woman is promoted, but if she goes out on vacation, we will not have enough manpower. That's too risky.

Lower income. Carter Carter, senior vice president of corporate research at Catalyst, said that her department's research on 5000 employees worldwide found that women's first jobs tended to be lower in scale and lower in income, and the gap grew with time.

The cost of taking care of children is too high. Saadia Zahidi, the world economic forum's expert on women, says that if the cost of child care engulf most of your income, your job will not be worth it unless you love your job very much and are willing to bear financial impact on your work enjoyment. Zahidi,

Contented. McKinsey has found that if women can find the meaning of work, women tend to stay at their jobs. Studies show that women are more likely than men to put their energy into change. Women are reluctant to give up such fun to get top management positions. They are worried that they will face a lot of laborious meetings and corporate politics at the top level.