Women who have less education or are paid hourly wages have significantly less flexibility than professional women to begin with. Motherhood presents a different challenge for the elite women that Werk was made for. The careers that pay the most and require the most education, like business and law, also have the most gender inequality. Yet when people get flexible work arrangements, they’re generally isolated cases — for longtime employees whom companies trust and don’t want to lose. And even at companies where it’s possible to let employees work at the time and place of their choosing, a different type of manager is required.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 08:26 UTC