Women of color feel undervalued at work, Billie Jean King-backed study finds

By Brenda Alexander, The Grio

The study surveyed more than 1,000 women who say they feel undervalued and underutilized in the workplace.

…The study, PowHer Redefined: Women of Color Reimagining the World of Work, reveals stunning results regarding how women of color feel undervalued in the workplace. King’s nonprofit leadership group Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative funded the study; women of color-focused membership community nFormation partnered with the initiative…

Almost 1,200 women identified as Black, Asian, Native, Latinx, and mixed-race participated in the study. Nearly three-quarters of participants feel they have to prove themselves “over and over” at work. Two-thirds believe they don’t have access to sponsors. Another 57% say they do not get the credit for the ideas they contribute, while 54% say women undermine one another in the workplace in order to advance, creating a crabs-in-a-barrel environment… 

“I listened to well over a thousand women who had to sort of step outside of their values, or their cultural groundings, in order to excel and achieve in these environments—that literally began to take a physical toll on their health and well-being. And so I think we’re in a moment of reckoning around these challenges and around these issues. We’ve got to come home to ourselves.”

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