Almost Half of Women Are Considering a Career Change to Pursue More Money and Flexibility, According to a New Survey from LinkedIn and Marie Claire
September 21 2021 - 7:00AM
Almost half of women (48%) are considering a career change in the
next year to pursue work-from-home flexibility and more money,
according to a new survey from LinkedIn, Marie Claire and
Future plc. Among the findings, 40% of respondents are currently
working full-time from home, 49% are working full-time from a
workplace, and 11% are splitting time between the two. The survey
asked 1,132 women and non-binary full-time U.S. workers about their
experiences and challenges during the course of the pandemic, as
well their hopes and expectations for the future of work.
For those who worked from home during the pandemic, 41% want to
remain working from home full-time, 33% want to return to their
workplace full-time, and 26% want a hybrid arrangement splitting
their time between their workplace and home. For those considering
changing careers, non-financial reasons included wanting to
professionally explore a new passion discovered during the pandemic
(32%), no longer enjoying the work they were doing pre-pandemic
(24%), realizing from extra time at home with their family that
they no longer want work full-time (17%).
“The results of our Marie Claire x LinkedIn survey confirmed
what many of us have been feeling: How we work and what we need has
changed over the past 18 months and employers need to offer more
support and more flexibility when it comes to returning to the
office,” said Sally Holmes, Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire.
“Health and safety and flexibility are the top concerns around
returning to the office. Nearly one in three of our survey
respondents felt that their employer is not doing enough to help
women successfully return to work; this is simply unacceptable. We
know that women, and especially women of color, have been
disproportionately affected by the pandemic. If employers do not
evolve with their employees’ needs, they will be welcoming back a
diminished, less diverse, and less motivated workforce when offices
finally reopen.”
Survey data showed that more than one-third (37%) of women
voluntarily left the workforce to care for children or loved ones
during the Covid-19 pandemic, and Black (44%) and Latinx (41%)
respondents disproportionally reported these disruptions (compared
to 32% of White respondents).
Underrepresented groups want to remain working from home
full-time the most with 48% of Black women, 41% of Latinx and 41%
of Asian-American women wanting a full-time work-from-home option,
compared to 28% of White women. Almost one-third (31%) of
respondents did not feel that their current employer is doing
enough to help women successfully return to work in a post-pandemic
environment.
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