Can you get ahead and still have a life? Younger women are trying to find out

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5 min read . Updated: 04 Nov 2022, 01:10 AM IST Rachel Feintzeig, The Wall Street Journal

The pandemic’s shake-up of work and life has had lasting effects on ambition for a lot of women (Photo: SolStock) — The pandemic’s shake-up of work and life has had lasting effects on ambition for a lot of women (Photo: SolStock)

Women assessing their careers say they’re determined to advance while keeping work-life boundaries intact

Deijha Martin, 26 years old, works as a data analyst from her Bronx, N.Y., apartment. On workdays, she’ll chip away at a task until 5:10 p.m. or 5:20 p.m., but never 6 p.m. She loves travel, and earlier this year tapped her company’s unlimited vacation policy to jet to Greece and France.