Top 10 Reasons why women quit career after having kids : ( in no specific order)
1. No Maid at home ( leading to twice the work with nil/ nominal support from others, which is physically draining )
2. Sick in-laws /parents at home ( due to lack of quality healthcare facilities and societal expectations of a "caring daughter /daughter in law". I remember a lady telling me that her mother in law lets her daughter to go for work and creates trouble when it comes to daughter in law! She wants her daughter in law to take care of her including heating water for bathing )
3. Don't get alternate quality childcare facilities at affordable prices. ( Most pvt run child care centers charge exhorbitant fees )
4. Husband doesn't/ can't take leave when child is sick ( oh well, his work is very important !)
5. Safety concerns of the caretaker ( newspapers reporting sexual abuse by caretakers )
6. Non-flexible work nature ( employers don't have a system by which they can allow such women to work from home incase needed)
7. Guilt feeling ( "Oh, look at her.. She is too selfish.She doesn't care for her child / in laws/ parents ".... "Isn't it my responsibility to take care of my child? " )
8. Lack of Skills /confidence ( qualification may be big.But are our educational institutions providing the right skills? )
9. Low pay ( which becomes a mockery among family members and leads to saying, " You don't have to work for this small pay." This is a viscious cycle because, this leads to a bigger career break and they end up quitting career)
10. Cooking and household chores for managing a Palatial house. ( A big house, immense materials, fear of theft by maid, lavish cooking style etc)
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Pic:Some of our C2C Fellows who are getting coached on the above challenges and are now getting back to career.
1. No Maid at home ( leading to twice the work with nil/ nominal support from others, which is physically draining )
2. Sick in-laws /parents at home ( due to lack of quality healthcare facilities and societal expectations of a "caring daughter /daughter in law". I remember a lady telling me that her mother in law lets her daughter to go for work and creates trouble when it comes to daughter in law! She wants her daughter in law to take care of her including heating water for bathing )
3. Don't get alternate quality childcare facilities at affordable prices. ( Most pvt run child care centers charge exhorbitant fees )
4. Husband doesn't/ can't take leave when child is sick ( oh well, his work is very important !)
5. Safety concerns of the caretaker ( newspapers reporting sexual abuse by caretakers )
6. Non-flexible work nature ( employers don't have a system by which they can allow such women to work from home incase needed)
7. Guilt feeling ( "Oh, look at her.. She is too selfish.She doesn't care for her child / in laws/ parents ".... "Isn't it my responsibility to take care of my child? " )
8. Lack of Skills /confidence ( qualification may be big.But are our educational institutions providing the right skills? )
9. Low pay ( which becomes a mockery among family members and leads to saying, " You don't have to work for this small pay." This is a viscious cycle because, this leads to a bigger career break and they end up quitting career)
10. Cooking and household chores for managing a Palatial house. ( A big house, immense materials, fear of theft by maid, lavish cooking style etc)
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Pic:Some of our C2C Fellows who are getting coached on the above challenges and are now getting back to career.
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