Why women are leaving engineering and construction at twice the rate of men

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

01 March 2024

“Career deflection” is prompting thousands of women to leave the engineering and construction industries each year. Lucy Barnard asks Valued At Work author Lauren Neal how bosses can encourage them to stay.

The first time Lauren Neal seriously considered quitting her job as an engineer was when she tried to highlight to her bosses that she was experiencing a lack of career progression at work.

Having completed a master’s degree in electronic and electrical engineering and spent three years in her first…

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