I wouldn’t wish my situation on anyone, but I keep fighting because I know there are so many women who aren’t able to begin this battle. — Every night after a long day of work, I put my two young children to bed and sit down at my kitchen table to tackle what feels like a third full-time job: pursuing a claim of pregnancy discrimination against my former employer. I spend hours writing responses to complicated discovery…

Laws alone aren’t enough to stop employers from discriminating against pregnant women, even at companies like Google. — This is an excerpt from my upcoming book Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir. Copyright © 2023 by Chelsey Glasson. With permission of the publisher, Lioncrest Publishing. All rights reserved. “While trauma keeps us dumbfounded, the path out of it is paved with words, carefully assembled, piece by piece…

I’m going to do something a bit different here in opening this article with Ariana Grande lyrics. If you stick with me until the end, I promise it will all make sense. Two thousand twenty-three marks a big year for me (and I hope you, too!). I’ll likely be returning…

Delta Air pilot Karlene Petitt, who was retaliated against for reporting safety issues and who then spent six and a half years holding Delta accountable through legal action. — It’s now been sixth months since I stepped away from work to focus on healing following my four-year fight against workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation. During this time my thoughts have often drifted towards how fortunate I am to have gotten to a place of closure, and within that time…

Which path is for me? — Ten years ago Salesforce was exploring hiring its very first VP of UX and as a result Ian Swinson and I interviewed 12 UX VPs to better understand career paths, responsibilities and best practices for UX leadership at that level. …

Four years ago, I was a successful employee, climbing the corporate ladder. My record included years of glowing performance reviews, a long list of accolades, and fully deserved promotions. I loved my work as a user-experience researcher and manager. …

The New York Times today reported on a backlash happening in tech in response to benefits parents are using in the midst of COVID-19 to care for children who are now home due to daycare and school closures. Here’s a note I wrote to my Facebook coworkers on August 20th…

Graduate school taught me the basics of conducting user research, but little about what it’s like working as a user researcher in the wild. I don’t blame my school for this. …

Here are some questions I wish I had asked myself before making the transition. — I remember a graduate student once asking me if she should continue on to a PhD program after completing her master’s degree. I asked her what she thought the benefits were to getting a PhD; she responded that having a PhD would put her on a faster track into management. …