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Employee sentiment tumbled in April to a new record low. In the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index, 43.8% of employees reported a positive business outlook for their employers, down from 45.1% in March. 🚨 Employee confidence has hit a record low as concerns about the U.S.-Iran war and rising energy prices bleed into workers' psyches. Even as the latest April jobs report shows an uptick in job gains, workers are increasingly concerned about prospects moving forward. 🛢️ Higher energy prices seem to be driving employee confidence higher in energy, mining, & utilities (+3.1 percentage points year-over-year. Conversely, industries likely to be negatively impacted by higher energy prices have seen a larger decline e.g., transportation & logistics (-5.7 percentage points year-over-year) and hotels & travel accommodation (-6.3 percentage points year-over-year). 🪜 Over the last year, senior level employee confidence has declined the most, falling 2.4 percentage points, perhaps signaling the difficulty of planning amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty. But on a month-over-month basis, entry level employee confidence fell the most (-0.9 percentage points month-over-month). 🔮 In April, hard job market data and soft sentiment data has diverged with evidence of a firming job market contrasted against weakening employee sentiment. It remains to be seen which trend will converge to the other, and rising energy prices remain the most obvious threat that could prevent the more optimistic POV from becoming reality. #economy #news

Lauren had a great post in February about why we started Top PerformHERs. I thought it might be helpful to share a little more personally how our careers changed… and how we got here. I’ll go first. My story really started to shift when we had a string of nightmares with nannies. It forced us to take a hard look and realize—maybe we weren’t doing life as well as we thought. The constant change was creating anxiety for my son. My husband is in tech sales too, so we were juggling meetings and travel started to feel like a battle. We were constantly patching together who would be there for my son if we were both gone. On paper, it looked like we were making it work. But deep down, I felt like I was failing—and I hate failing. My husband even offered to be the one to stay home, but I knew it had to be me. I needed to be the one to fix it, or I wouldn’t be happy. And that wasn’t an easy decision. I’ve always been a little secretly competitive (someone once called me a wolf in sheep’s clothing). I thrive on the thrill—closing deals, moving to a big city on my own, pushing to be at the top. 10x trip winner, top rep… that was part of my identity. So I had all these thoughts: Will I miss my coworkers and friends? Will I miss the events? The travel, the dinners with customers? It felt like a lot to give up. It was who I thought I was. I’ll never forget the day we told my son I would be his nanny now. He didn’t believe it at first—and then he was the most excited I’ve ever seen him. In that moment, I knew it was the right decision for our family. Time passed, and at first it didn’t feel like I had quit or stepped away from work. It felt like a break… like I’d be going back soon. But then, after a while, I really started to miss it. The excitement of sales. The opportunity to work hard at something and see the results. I never dreamed of being in sales when I was younger—but it became my passion. The ability to run your own business, take risks, and know that the more you put in, the more you get out. The chance to make real money doing it. That’s when Lauren Wesley and I reconnected. We had worked together at Glassdoor, and I wanted to see what she was up to. Had she figured out a way to have both—to be there for her family and still stay in the world of sales? She was ready to. And that’s when Top PerformHERs started to take shape. Between the two of us, we had 40+ years of experience. We had learned so much, built incredible careers, and we loved what sales had given us. We just knew there had to be a way to help other women succeed in it too—without feeling like they had to figure it all out alone. Because sales is tough. It can be stressful. It can make you want to bang your head against a wall some days. But if you stay with it—if you keep learning, keep pushing, and turn those rejections into growth—the payoff is worth it. And you don’t have to do it alone anymore.

Exciting News Day! 📰 Today, Glassdoor officially unveiled our joint report with Redfin , a first-of-its-kind look at the best cities for new grads to launch their careers. This analysis goes beyond the usual rankings. By combining Glassdoor’s salary data, employer ratings, and worker sentiment with Redfin’s housing affordability insights, we’re telling a more holistic story about whether a city or market realistically supports career growth, lifestyle, and long-term stability. Honored to have been a part of this project from the early brainstorm all the way through the launch! Shoutout to the incredible teams at Glassdoor and Redfin who brought this to life 💚 https://lnkd.in/gzKgfPum