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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
In America's Return to the Office, Women Are Falling Behind
Five years ago, Covid-19 ushered in an era of widespread remote work. Since then, many workers have headed back to their cubicles—but surveys show more men have returned than women. America's return to the office is unfolding unevenly for men and women. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} The gap reflects both women's preferences, but also the balance they are often striking between work and family demands, according to economists. More women than ever are working outside the home, but they are also likely to bear the biggest share of responsibilities for child care and chores. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Among employed men, 29% said they spent time working from home in 2024, down from 34% the prior year, according to a new Labor Department survey. For women, that figure stayed largely flat at 36%. While the flexibility can be a big help for working parents, it also means women risk losing out on career advancement by working from home, according to researchers. 'It creates that barrier where they don't know who you are and why they should try not to lay you off,' said Katt Guadarrama, a 31-year-old mother of three in Canby, Ore., who recently lost her remote human-resources job. Her husband works in person for a school. 'I wasn't able to show how good I could be at my job,' she said. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} Still, Guadarrama said she prefers working remotely, at least while her children—ages 4 to 9—are still young. She recently turned down an in-person offer with a $100,000 salary because she estimated she would lose about half her income for child care. The decision 'almost broke me,' she said. {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} Still, Guadarrama said she prefers working remotely, at least while her children—ages 4 to 9—are still young. She recently turned down an in-person offer with a $100,000 salary because she estimated she would lose about half her income for child care. The decision 'almost broke me,' she said. {{/usCountry}} Read More {{^usCountry}} Labor Department data released in late June and drawn from an annual survey of 7,700 people measure what percentage of employed workers spent any amount of time working at home on an average day. The survey shows the remote-work gender gap waxing and waning in recent years, but also a consistent trend: The gap has been wider since the pandemic than it was beforehand. {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} Labor Department data released in late June and drawn from an annual survey of 7,700 people measure what percentage of employed workers spent any amount of time working at home on an average day. The survey shows the remote-work gender gap waxing and waning in recent years, but also a consistent trend: The gap has been wider since the pandemic than it was beforehand. {{/usCountry}} {{^usCountry}} A cooling white-collar labor market has reduced workers' work-from-anywhere leverage. Companies from to Alphabet's Google have ordered workers back to offices, saying it improves collaboration and efficiency. In a recent KPMG survey, 86% of chief executives polled said they planned to reward employees who come into the office with favorable assignments, raises or promotions. {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} A cooling white-collar labor market has reduced workers' work-from-anywhere leverage. Companies from to Alphabet's Google have ordered workers back to offices, saying it improves collaboration and efficiency. In a recent KPMG survey, 86% of chief executives polled said they planned to reward employees who come into the office with favorable assignments, raises or promotions. {{/usCountry}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} Remote work has been a boon, particularly for mothers who have long paid a penalty in the workplace. 'The woman who thought she'd go on leave when she had her first or second child can now decide, 'Hell no, I can still earn money and work from home,' ' said Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist who studies women in the workforce. A recent survey shows the gender gap in remote work has widened since the pandemic. Economists think remote-work flexibility has helped more women join the labor force. But they also risk steep costs, including fewer promotion opportunities or chances to get hands-on guidance from colleagues. Women who don't work alongside their peers get less feedback on their work than similarly situated men, according to Emma Harrington, an assistant economics professor at the University of Virginia. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} She co-authored research examining chat logs where software engineers review each other's code at a Fortune 500 company. The researchers found women are less inclined to ask questions while remote than their male peers. 'If you have workplaces where it's more likely men go in, and women work from home, does that mean some are getting left behind in terms of career progression? That's worrying,' says Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economist who studies remote work. Bloom's own research has also found a widening work-from-home gender gap. A survey of 5,000 working-age adults in the U.S. each month he conducts with two other economists—Jose Maria Barrero of Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and Steven J. Davis of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—shows the difference between male and female remote-work rates is currently about 3.3 percentage points. This has doubled since 2022. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} Christine Chen recently gave birth to her first child. Their survey data also show that women consistently express more desire to work from home, by an average margin of 5 points in the past five years. Christine Chen, 37, plans to start spending more time at home because she recently gave birth to her first child. She has a hybrid human-resources job in Chicago. Being in the office helps her feel more visible and boosts her sense of morale, she said. She also finds meetings are better in person, since there are more chances to speak with colleagues immediately afterward to clear up any misunderstandings. But she is grateful she gets to strike a home-and-office balance. 'We go through so many transitions in life and we need that flexibility,' she said. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} Some people can benefit professionally from remote work, but these are most likely to be seasoned workers, said Federal Reserve economist Natalia Emanuel, who studies women and remote work. In their case, staying home can make it easier for them to focus on their most direct tasks, compared with things like mentorship demands that pop up in offices, she said. 'That takes time, effort and attention,' Emanuel said. At the same time, she said, more senior workers' absence from the office can be detrimental for younger workers who need support. Gabe Marans, with his family, is spending more time in the office while trying to maintain time with his children. Many men are also looking for the right balance. Gabe Marans heads from his suburban New Jersey home to his job in New York City most weekdays, but he tries to limit his time in the office so that he will see his three children more. The 39-year-old, a vice chair at real-estate brokerage Savills, pads his schedule with extra work at home in the evening and between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., before his children get up. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} He said he benefited from more time with his family during the pandemic. 'I wasn't willing to give that part of my life up,' Marans said. Write to Te-Ping Chen at In America's Return to the Office, Women Are Falling Behind In America's Return to the Office, Women Are Falling Behind SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
Mint
2 days ago
- Business
- Mint
In America's return to the office, women are falling behind
America's return to the office is unfolding unevenly for men and women. Five years ago, Covid-19 ushered in an era of widespread remote work. Since then, many workers have headed back to their cubicles—but surveys show more men have returned than women. The gap reflects both women's preferences, but also the balance they are often striking between work and family demands, according to economists. More women than ever are working outside the home, but they are also likely to bear the biggest share of responsibilities for child care and chores. Among employed men, 29% said they spent time working from home in 2024, down from 34% the prior year, according to a new Labor Department survey. For women, that figure stayed largely flat at 36%. While the flexibility can be a big help for working parents, it also means women risk losing out on career advancement by working from home, according to researchers. 'It creates that barrier where they don't know who you are and why they should try not to lay you off," said Katt Guadarrama, a 31-year-old mother of three in Canby, Ore., who recently lost her remote human-resources job. Her husband works in person for a school. 'I wasn't able to show how good I could be at my job," she said. Still, Guadarrama said she prefers working remotely, at least while her children—ages 4 to 9—are still young. She recently turned down an in-person offer with a $100,000 salary because she estimated she would lose about half her income for child care. The decision 'almost broke me," she said. Labor Department data released in late June and drawn from an annual survey of 7,700 people measure what percentage of employed workers spent any amount of time working at home on an average day. The survey shows the remote-work gender gap waxing and waning in recent years, but also a consistent trend: The gap has been wider since the pandemic than it was beforehand. A cooling white-collar labor market has reduced workers' work-from-anywhere leverage. Companies from to Alphabet's Google have ordered workers back to offices, saying it improves collaboration and efficiency. In a recent KPMG survey, 86% of chief executives polled said they planned to reward employees who come into the office with favorable assignments, raises or promotions. Remote work has been a boon, particularly for mothers who have long paid a penalty in the workplace. 'The woman who thought she'd go on leave when she had her first or second child can now decide, 'Hell no, I can still earn money and work from home,' " said Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist who studies women in the workforce. A recent survey shows the gender gap in remote work has widened since the pandemic. Economists think remote-work flexibility has helped more women join the labor force. But they also risk steep costs, including fewer promotion opportunities or chances to get hands-on guidance from colleagues. Women who don't work alongside their peers get less feedback on their work than similarly situated men, according to Emma Harrington, an assistant economics professor at the University of Virginia. She co-authored research examining chat logs where software engineers review each other's code at a Fortune 500 company. The researchers found women are less inclined to ask questions while remote than their male peers. 'If you have workplaces where it's more likely men go in, and women work from home, does that mean some are getting left behind in terms of career progression? That's worrying," says Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economist who studies remote work. Bloom's own research has also found a widening work-from-home gender gap. A survey of 5,000 working-age adults in the U.S. each month he conducts with two other economists—Jose Maria Barrero of Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and Steven J. Davis of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—shows the difference between male and female remote-work rates is currently about 3.3 percentage points. This has doubled since 2022. Christine Chen recently gave birth to her first child. Their survey data also show that women consistently express more desire to work from home, by an average margin of 5 points in the past five years. Christine Chen, 37, plans to start spending more time at home because she recently gave birth to her first child. She has a hybrid human-resources job in Chicago. Being in the office helps her feel more visible and boosts her sense of morale, she said. She also finds meetings are better in person, since there are more chances to speak with colleagues immediately afterward to clear up any misunderstandings. But she is grateful she gets to strike a home-and-office balance. 'We go through so many transitions in life and we need that flexibility," she said. Some people can benefit professionally from remote work, but these are most likely to be seasoned workers, said Federal Reserve economist Natalia Emanuel, who studies women and remote work. In their case, staying home can make it easier for them to focus on their most direct tasks, compared with things like mentorship demands that pop up in offices, she said. 'That takes time, effort and attention," Emanuel said. At the same time, she said, more senior workers' absence from the office can be detrimental for younger workers who need support. Gabe Marans, with his family, is spending more time in the office while trying to maintain time with his children. Many men are also looking for the right balance. Gabe Marans heads from his suburban New Jersey home to his job in New York City most weekdays, but he tries to limit his time in the office so that he will see his three children more. The 39-year-old, a vice chair at real-estate brokerage Savills, pads his schedule with extra work at home in the evening and between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., before his children get up. He said he benefited from more time with his family during the pandemic. 'I wasn't willing to give that part of my life up," Marans said. Write to Te-Ping Chen at
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Yahoo
Illegal immigrant with multiple DWI, theft convictions deported again: ICE
Maybe the fifth time's the charm. A Mexican woman who has been previously deported from the U.S. four times and has six convictions each for driving while intoxicated and theft was returned to her country again on Thursday. "I have served in law enforcement for more than 30 years and few things surprise me, but the level of disrespect that this criminal alien has shown for our system of laws and for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to uphold those laws is shocking," said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. Noem Ends Biden-era Use Of Controversial App To Allow Migrants To Board Flights, Except To Self-deport Leticia Caballero Guadarrama, 53, was taken from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, to the Laredo Port of Entry where she was released into Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Friday. Guadarrama entered the U.S. illegally at least six times before voluntarily returning to Mexico in 2002, ICE said. Read On The Fox News App In the years since, she was deported once in 2003, twice in 2009, once in 2010 and again on Thursday. Click Here For More Immigration Coverage While in the U.S., Guadarrama racked up a lengthy criminal history, being convicted six times for DWI, as well as six more times for theft. She also has two convictions for refusing to show identification to authorities. "After repeatedly entering the country illegally and getting behind the wheel intoxicated, she has victimized hard-working Texans over and over again by stealing their money and property and then attempted to avoid accountability by refusing to provide law enforcement with identification after she was caught," Bradford said. "By carelessly flaunting our system of laws, her actions endangered everyone in the community and have wasted significant taxpayer-funded government resources," he article source: Illegal immigrant with multiple DWI, theft convictions deported again: ICE
Fox News
14-03-2025
- Fox News
Illegal immigrant with multiple DWI, theft convictions deported again: ICE
Maybe the fifth time's the charm. A Mexican woman who has been previously deported from the U.S. four times and has six convictions each for driving while intoxicated and theft was returned to her country again on Thursday. "I have served in law enforcement for more than 30 years and few things surprise me, but the level of disrespect that this criminal alien has shown for our system of laws and for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to uphold those laws is shocking," said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. Leticia Caballero Guadarrama, 53, was taken from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, to the Laredo Port of Entry where she was released into Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Friday. Guadarrama entered the U.S. illegally at least six times before voluntarily returning to Mexico in 2002, ICE said. In the years since, she was deported once in 2003, twice in 2009, once in 2010 and again on Thursday. While in the U.S., Guadarrama racked up a lengthy criminal history, being convicted six times for DWI, as well as six more times for theft. She also has two convictions for refusing to show identification to authorities. "After repeatedly entering the country illegally and getting behind the wheel intoxicated, she has victimized hard-working Texans over and over again by stealing their money and property and then attempted to avoid accountability by refusing to provide law enforcement with identification after she was caught," Bradford said. "By carelessly flaunting our system of laws, her actions endangered everyone in the community and have wasted significant taxpayer-funded government resources," he added.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Yahoo
Las Vegas Mexican Consulate combats scams, touts dual citizenship
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Despite the free appointments at the Mexican Consulate of Las Vegas, citizens have been conned into paying their way into the consulate amid rising uncertainty. Scammers impersonating lawyers have been selling appointments to visitors to the consulate in Downtown Las Vegas, according to Consul General Patricia Cortés Guadarrama. 'We've seen scams, and it's unfortunate that people take advantage of vulnerable people,' she said. 'People that pass as lawyers charging a lot of money for papers that have no value at all and no legal value.' Guadarrama said she is asking for citizens to check and verify the sources for their appointments and consulate resources, pointing to their website. 'It's kind of a vicious circle, because when they sell them, then there's no appointments available,' she said. 'And then people are stressed and really need to come, and then they fall into that, and they buy them.' Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has also jumped in to help bring awareness to the issue along with the consulate in a series of public service announcements. 'We're here to help, we're here to listen, we're here to partner up, and, yeah, to serve both the Mexican community, the Hispanic community, and also the local community,' Guadarrama said. 'I think there's a lot of things that we have done together, and we look forward to doing many more.' Although paperwork is the consulate's specialty, staff said they are on hand to respond to concerns about immigration—a topic which has seen a renewed surge. Adriana Villarreal, council for the consulate's protection department, said events like 'sale,' which invite attorneys to bring information to the Mexican community, are an important consulate resource. 'The good thing is that everybody speaks Spanish, and they can provide this free legal assistance to any person that comes to the consulate,' she said. Labor, criminal, and administrative cases all pass through the consulate. Sometimes staff assist with the process for transporting a body back to Mexico and provide visas for transit. Las Vegas is one of 53 Mexican consulate locations in the United States which offer options and even advice for citizen, including to avoid misinformation. 'What we really want and ask them is not to believe all the news that they hear,' Villarreal said. 'Because a lot is fake news.' Citizens with questions regarding immigration, or assistance locating a family or friend, are directed to call the Center for Information and Assistance for Mexicans (CIAM) at 520-623-7874. Consul General Guadarrama, who has been in the Las Vegas position since June 2024, said Mexicans are a dynamic part of the community. During a recent visit to Carson City she voiced support for Mexicans statewide. 'I shared the our community's concern because, of course, you know that a vast part of of our community does have voting rights,' she said. 'They are documented citizens of the US, some are not. So we have a vulnerable community but a community that contributes quite a lot to the state economy, especially in the construction and service areas.' Guadarrama said the consulate has a great relationship with local law enforcement and elected leadership, a bond forged to help remind citizens it's okay to help when needed—like as a witness to a crime. One more category which staff have witnessed a rise in has put a spotlight on the influence of Mexico—dual citizenship. 'Many people are reaching out to look for dual citizenship, which is interesting,' Guadarrama said. 'I think people are realizing the importance of it, so that has increased twofold.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
