Chelsey Louise Glasson – Medium

Chelsey Louise Glasson

Featured Book

Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

Black Box is a story that provides the strategies you need to pursue justice for yourself in the fight against pregnancy discrimination.

2023

Chelsey Glasson

Chelsey Glasson

Stories

Pinned

Published in
UX Collective

Why I’m yet another woman leaving the tech industry

With the continued hardships I know I’d encounter, especially as a mother, remaining in tech is too financially and emotionally risky.

Apr 8, 2024

A photo of Chelsey Glasson holding and kissing her baby.

Apr 8, 2024

Pinned

Introduction: Barriers to Justice

Laws alone aren’t enough to stop employers from discriminating against pregnant women, even at companies like Google.

Mar 1, 2023

Mar 1, 2023

Behind the Façade: Big Tech, Performative Allyship, and the Future of Democracy

As a woman and mom who walked the corporate hallways of the tech industry for over a decade, my connections to it still linger. Most of my…

16h ago

A picture of the U.S. Capitol Building Rotunda, at an angle from the ground up, including the bronze statue of George Washington positioned near the south door of the Rotunda.

16h ago

Belonging

This is a personal statement I wrote for 2025 summer externship applications as a 1L law student at Gonzaga University School of Law.

Jan 11

Belonging

Jan 11

The Big Tech revolving door: why Big Tech cabinet appointments should be avoided

Months after my daughter was born–ironically on March 8th, International Women’s Day–Google HR reached out to share the results of an…

Sep 26, 2024

A picture of a large revolving door, like the one you would find in an office building or department store.

Sep 26, 2024

Published in
Equality Includes You

I’m Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and Here is Why

My Story of Retaliation and Discrimination at Google

Apr 18, 2024

Apr 18, 2024

You Need to Make This Right UXPA

How the User Experience Professionals Association International is condoning misconduct against women.

Apr 10, 2024

Chelsey Glasson v. User Experience Professionals Association International, Lawsuit Cause No. 236–358943–24. Filed in Tarrant County, Texas on 10/23/2024

Apr 10, 2024

Published in
UX Collective

We need to look closely at the number of pregnant tech workers being laid off right now

After spending nearly three long years entrenched in a legal battle with Google, fighting pregnancy discrimination I both witnessed and…

Feb 18, 2024

A picture of a pregnant woman’s stomach, with the woman’s hands resting on her belly.

Feb 18, 2024

Published in
A Parent Is Born

Why Women Need More Time to Report Pregnancy Discrimination

On June 27, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act goes into effect. This new legislation will require private and public sector employers with…

Jun 10, 2023

An adult hand cradeling the feet of a newborn baby.

Jun 10, 2023

Published in
UX Collective

It’s time for the tech industry to live up to its ideals

Beyond the facade of free food, massages, and dry cleaning.

Apr 8, 2024

Layoffs are illustrated by an oversized pair of scissors, that looms over seven workers sitting in office chairs suspended by strings. Employees use their laptop computers and mobile devices, but some of their jobs could be cut at any time, as they are shown hanging by a thread. Their jobs are on the line. Conceptual illustration uses a flat, limited color palette over a dark blue background, presented in isometric view on a 16x9 artboard.

Apr 8, 2024

Chelsey Louise Glasson

Chelsey Louise Glasson

Book Author

Friend of Medium

User researcher, writer, and future attorney. Author of Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams