{
  "id": 2278396,
  "title": "Career Killer Child: Why is one valued less in the job as a mother?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/karrierekiller-kind-warum-wird-man-als-mutter-im-job-weniger-wert",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kolumnen/karrierekiller-kind-warum-wird-man-als-mutter-im-job-weniger-wert/100248672.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Many mothers take on leadership responsibilities while on parental leave, managing their households and caring for their children. Despite this experience, having children often does not boost a woman's career. In fact, the opposite can be true, with one woman's employer attempting to terminate her contract when she planned to return to work part-time after a year of parental leave. The employer claimed she would no longer be able to fulfill her duties working 80 percent of the time.",
  "summary": "Mothers are more resilient and work better under pressure. And yet they usually experience disadvantages in their jobs. Why, actually? The new part of the column \"Rabenmutter\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}