The Future of Work for Busy Women and Minorities

What The Teck?

Rachel Cottam is the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Lexion, an AI-powered contract management system. She is also the Founder and Co-leader of Women’s ERG at Divvy and Clearlink. As a high school English teacher turned marketing director, Rachel went from a female-led career to being the only woman in the office. She created the “Allies at Work Playbook,” which shares tactics to level the playing field for women and other minorities.

In this episode…

As the labor market tightens, businesses must reconsider their work models. By enforcing a return-to-work policy, some companies have lost 40-50% of their workforce. Today’s guest challenges opposing views of remote work, shares its positive impact on employees, and provides practical methods for adoption.

Public figures like Elon Musk maintain remote work discriminates against service industry employees. As the only female digital marketer at her first company,, Rachel Cottam advocates for restructuring work environments and hiring methods. She argues with equitable remote work policies, companies can promote diversity by hiring from marginalized communities and providing support to caregivers requiring flexibility. This work style also allows working mothers to structure a productive schedule around their responsibilities. When implementing unbiased recruiting and remote work practices, acquiring input from employees is vital to build trust and maximize impact.

In this episode of What The Teck?, Rolando Rosas and Dave Kelly invite Rachel Cottam, the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Lexion, to speak about equitable remote work practices. Rachel addresses the challenges women face returning to the office, how to design advantageous remote work policies, and how to maintain a remote work-life balance.