HR & Benefits - Financial services staff from lower-income backgrounds face longer climb to top roles

HR & Benefits - Financial services staff from lower-income backgrounds face longer climb to top roles

16 October 2025Paul Tomlinson

Progress Together and the Bridge Group's global study of 210,000 employees finds staff from lower socio-economic backgrounds take 16% longer to reach senior roles, with men from higher backgrounds 3.4 times more likely to progress than women from lower ones.

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