Striking a balance between family and work life can be intensely difficult – and a new report shows that fears around returning to work after maternity are making mums unhappy.
Mums Enterprise launched the ‘From Career Woman to Working Mum‘ report, which surveyed 1,000 mothers on happiness in their working lives, post-children. It attempts to uncover the hopes, fears and desires of working mums, as well as looking at what holds them back from making a positive career change.
Of the women surveyed, 74% had more than 11 years of professional career experience, and 62% previously held a managerial role. But, what happened with these jobs after they have children? Encouragingly, 47% of those surveyed said they did not experience any form of discrimination in the workplace during or after their maternity period. ...