During the COVID pandemic, many American families had to quickly adapt to remote work, particularly mothers who found a balance between job responsibilities and home life. This flexibility helped mothers manage housework and childcare more effectively. However, recent efforts by leaders like President Trump and corporate CEOs to mandate a return to in-person work threaten this newfound balance, especially for women. Experts predict this shift could harm women's professional advancement, as they had begun to enjoy the benefits of flexible work arrangements.
"There was a massive amount of efficiencies that happened in terms of managing lives during the pandemic, ironically," says Susan MacKenty Brady, CEO of the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership.
"It's going to affect the advancement of women notably, because we got a taste for a bit of what we could do if we were given our own choices," MacKenty Brady says.
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