A new panel research study from Perceptyx, the employee listening and people analytics platform helping companies see the way forward, found that not only are women taking on greater responsibility as a result of COVID, but they also feel less supported than their male counterparts in terms of flexibility and understanding from their employers.
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According to a nationwide survey of 1,500 working adults, nearly 55 percent of women report that they carry 75 percent or more of the responsibility for children during the workday, compared with only about 41 percent of men.
While women are doing more, however, they report slightly less understanding and flexibility from their managers than male caregivers report. For men and women with 100 percent of the caregiving responsibility, 68 percent of women say they have understanding managers, compared to 93 percent of men.
Most caregivers are experiencing difficulty while having children at home, with 60 percent of parents reporting at least a moderate level of distraction, and 54 percent noting their productivity will be affected to at least a moderate degree with children learning from home. More work and less support, however, is impacting women’s productivity less than that of men. Interestingly, female caregivers providing at least 75 percent of the care during the workday report less distraction and productivity loss than their male counterparts who provide less than 25 percent of the childcare per day.
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“There are a number of reasons why women may be more productive than men when faced with these new responsibilities; however, the heart of the issue here isn’t that women are managing, but how organizations are not addressing the new reality for working women,” said Emily Killham, MA, Client Data Researcher at Perceptyx. “While women may be maintaining their productivity, they are receiving less support from their manager than men with less caregiving responsibility. As a result, other areas such as mental health and loyalty to their organization are steadily declining, which will have a lasting impact on their place within an organization and the larger corporate environment.”
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