Survey Revealed That Pandemic Has Burdened Women More Than Men
A recently conducted survey shows that 60 percent of women felt that work-life balance during the pandemic was much more challenging for women than the men in their house. The Pandemic has been affecting the female employees more due to the struggle of managing professional work from home and personal responsibilities at the same time. 85 percent of women felt that it was challenging for them to work from home while, 81 percent of them believed that it was difficult to draw a boundary between personal and professional life in a Survey conducted by SCIKEY Market Network.
During this hustle, only 24% of women said that they were able to find time for themselves amidst this chaos, only 21% said that they would like to work from home if given a choice in the future while 48% felt that the choice of the workplace should be an option. 61% of women responded that they were conflicted between meeting the demands of home and demands of the family during the pandemic.
When asked about the organisational support during this challenging time, 36% of women responded that their organizations were very cooperative during these times and 27% responded they received no cooperation from their organisations whatsoever. On the other hand, 21% of women said they were provided with WFH as support from the organisation and only 8% said they were getting support for hardware & the internet. The survey also revealed that 65% of women expected flexible or reduced working hours as an incentive from their organisations, considering the juggling of roles at home.
This difficult time has induced a lot of mental health issues with the employees across the globe. Out of all the Women respondents, only 12% said that the company provided support to improve and nourish their mental wellbeing whereas 6% said they were being provided with guidance on health & wellbeing at this time.
9% expected the employers to have a better plan of action so as to reduce last-minute changes in the deliverables. 66% of women had endured some amount of pay cut at this time.
