What Could Be: Embracing Family-Friendly Trends in the New Workplace

Abstract

It is possible - perhaps even probable - that we will emerge after COVID with the majority of companies trending in a more parent-friendly and caregiver supportive direction. As we roll into the second summer of COVID, the mood has changed. Shots are in more arms than not, masks are coming off, schools and camps are happening, and workplaces are trying to figure out what comes next. The optimism is real and so is the undercurrent of caution. It’s been 15 months of shifting sands and many of us are not quite ready to believe that we have arrived at the“new normal” yet. While I can’t pretend to know what the post-COVID world will look like, I do know that we have a responsibility to keep pushing for the changes we want to see.