According to a new study by CareerBuilder that polled 496 working moms, many of them report that they are struggling to achieve a healthy work/life balance as they take on additional jobs and longer hours to make ends meet.
Of the women surveyed, thirty percent of working moms, whose companies have had layoffs in the past 12 months, are working longer hours and 14 percent of working moms have taken on second jobs in the last year to help make ends meet. One-third (34 percent) reported they are burned out.
Forty percent of working moms fear losing their jobs today more than they did one year ago. Forty-three percent work more than 40 hours per week, while 16 percent of working moms reported bringing work home at least two days a week. Six percent said work comes home with them every workday.
Needless to say, these working moms’ home life is affected. Nearly one-in-five working moms (19 percent) said they spend two hours or less with their children each day. One-in-four (25 percent) reported they had missed two or more significant events in their child’s life in the last year.
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May 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Vanessa: Great post.
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Aassia
May 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I would be curious to see that same study done of working fathers. I would be willing to guess that their home life as been affected as well. What is the purpose of the study, to make these women feel guilty?