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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/unicorntrees on 2023-08-30 18:39:52.

I have worked under my boss for 5 years now. She has been with my company for 2 decades and a Director for half of that. We work very closely. I as well as the entire company was shocked when she put in her resignation earlier this summer.

She’s moving to a part time job in order to take care of her family. She has a husband, a teenaged son, and a disabled mother.

Her son is acting out. She needs to keep him in activities. He says he is “too old for babysitters;” however, he is still too young to drive himself. She needs to take time off to drive him to sports practices 30-40 minutes away regularly. Her husband doesn’t take any part of this responsibility. She does all of it. I could also get into the crappiness of car dependency in America, but I won’t.

Her mother is disabled after an accident 5 years ago. Her mother is married to my boss’ stepdad. Her stepdad refuses to be primary caretaker to his disabled wife and instead puts priority on working his full-time job. Because of this, my boss has had to take up the responsibility of managing all of her mother’s doctors and therapy appointments as well as transporting her to them. She took time from work to do this. Her mom’s condition is worsening as she ages and the appointments were becoming too frequent.

I’ve been thinking about this situation a lot. My boss loved her job and was fantastic at it, but it was just too much with all of her responsibilities at home. This must be what they meant by the glass ceiling.