If those dads insist on working a hybrid model or from home full time, can it take the pressure off women to return to the office as well?
Philip Cho used to work 10 to 12 hour days in the office of the Toronto law firm where he is a partner. That was before the pandemic. He’d sometimes be able to drop his three kids, ages 10, 16 and 17, off at school, but he typically wouldn’t leave the office until 7 p.m., missing out on dinner but home in time to put his children to bed.
If men can resist returning to the office full-time it could benefit them as fathers, and may also help make flexible work arrangements permanent for themselves and women, who have suffered tremendous career upheavals during the pandemic.Early in the pandemic, Mr. Miall, his wife and their daughter moved from Montreal to Edmonton, where his wife had been offered a job.
Men aren’t just spending more time with their kids, they’re also doing more around the house. But even though this domestic labour has increased, it still doesn’t measure up to what women contribute. A separate survey of more than 500 Canadian professionals conducted by the talent solutions and business consulting firm found that 53 per cent would look for a new job with remote options if their employer required them to be in the office full-time. Working parents were most likely to say they’d quit if called back full-time, at 59 per cent, behind only millennials.
In some cases, employees may not even be interested in that promotion if they have to sacrifice working from home entirely. Mr. Cho’s firm has asked lawyers to return to the office at least two days a week, an arrangement he hopes will continue.
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