Helping working parents juggle their careers and childcare amid COVID-19 turmoil
Forty-two percent of employees with kids are on the brink of burnout. Here’s how wellness pros can be a support in this turbulent season.
To paraphrase comedian Jim Gaffigan, being a working parent right now could be surmised thusly: “Imagine you’re drowning, then someone hands you a baby.”
To say the least, working parents are under immense strain amid the ongoing disruption of COVID-19. What, if anything, can employers do to help?
A study from Paychex sheds light on how wellness pros can support their beleaguered colleagues in a historic, chaotic season of change. The report, which features feedback from 1,000 full-time employees (533 of whom identified as parents of school-age children), found that:
- Forty-two percent of parents felt moderate to extremely burnt out trying to balance their careers with childcare.
- Less than 1 in 3 parents were fully confident they could maintain their current work situation for the school year.
- Overall, approximately 1 in 2 working parents believed their work-related stress was negatively affecting their children.
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