"Suddenly, as office buildings closed during the pandemic and millions of parents started working from home, many of us breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, no more commuting. More time with our kids. A once in a lifetime opportunity to concentrate on career and family with fewer hassles. Answer emails while cooking pasta sauce, join team Zoom in yoga pants, and always be there for bedtime."
"Doctor's appointments for your child, no problem; just log back on after dinner. It was a way of easing the stress that we feel from the need to be perfect in the workplace and at home. The problem is that the work never actually stops. The laptop on the kitchen table is both a liberation and a ball and chain. Slack messages buzz through the entire swim meet, and the "always on" culture makes boundaries virtually disappear."
Remote and hybrid work erased clear boundaries between professional and family life, creating simultaneous opportunities and pressures for working parents. Flexibility allowed parents to skip commuting, attend school pickups and medical appointments, and manage work tasks around family routines. Constant connectivity and an always-on culture have led to work intruding on personal moments and to blurred roles where caregiving tasks become part of the workday. The mental load of coordinating family logistics now competes with job responsibilities, and the ideal of 'having it all' often translates into juggling multiple demands at once without clear separation.
Read at Fast Company
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]