Remote Jobs and Women: How Working From Home Has Altered the Family Dynamic, Mental Health and More | GOBankingRates

Yet, working from home and caring for the household and children has caused record burnout “because the multitasking is way too intense,” Misty Heggeness told Forbes after leading a study for the U.S. Census Bureau about women leaving their jobs. So many women left work behind at the start of the pandemic that it took on a term known as a “she-cession,” per Bloomberg.

But now, with more women tiptoeing back into the workforce with remote opportunities, the burden of being a caretaker and employee is weighing on many. Part of the problem, per Bloomberg, is that before the pandemic-fueled work from home scenario, families had systems in place for emergencies such as children coming home sick from school. Parents generally split the responsibility, but with mothers now working more and more from home, boundaries have been blurred; the parent who is home is the default caretaker. 

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