Yahoo Lifestyle Is It Easier For A Man To Work From Home Than A Woman?
Want to work from home? Are you a woman? A new study from Furman University in the U.S says that it won't be easy for you, revealing that men get more leeway with flexibility when asking to work from home. What a surprise.
The study - which asked respondents to partake in dialogue with a fake Human Resources officer - revealed that almost a quarter of the men who were requesting flexibility were judged "extremely likeable", compared to just 3% of the women.
Similarly, while men were almost 70% "likely" or "very likely" to get their work request approved, the same was true for only 56% of women.
The study also revealed that requests were more likely to be granted if the time from home was needed to take care of children, The Atlantic reports.
Employees requesting time off for non-child care related activities - like training for a marathon, for example - were more likely to be denied. In other words, parents get more flexibility in the workforce, especially if you're a dad.
We can't say we're surprised about this news, but we also can't get that excited about it either.
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