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212,000 women left the workforce in the first 7 months of 2025. That's not a typo—that's a crisis.

And here's the kicker: White men with "care privilege" are the ones making RTO decisions that are pushing mothers out. 

What if the flexibility you fought for during the pandemic is being ripped away—and taking your career with it? In this series premiere, I'm exposing why return-to-office mandates jumped 85% in just six months—and how job sharing offers a solution that actually works, even if your employer is demanding 5 days in-office.

In episode 52:

• Why 212K women left and what it means for YOUR economic security 
• The 7 challenges driving this exodus (we'll tackle all of them in this series)
• 📊 The data employers are ignoring about RTO and retention
• 🥴 The impossible trade-off mothers face: career progression OR family time
• 👩🏽‍💻 3 things employers can do to stop the bleeding of female talent
• 📈 3 strategic moves for working mothers navigating RTO mandates
• 💡 Why job sharing works even with full-time in-office requirements
• 💵 How much 3 days of commuting vs. 5 really saves you

Here's the thing: The vast majority of job sharers create their own arrangements—you don't have to wait for permission. And over 70% of job share teams are promoted together. 👈 Read that again. 

We can't afford to wait. With job sharing, you don't have to. You create your own path—with a partner, not AI.

Featured Research: 

• "Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce" by Alana Semuels, TIME
• "Burned Out at Work? Find Someone to Split Your Job 50-50 With You" by Alana Semuels, TIME
• "American Women Are Leaving the Work Force. Why?" by Jessica Grose, The New York Times
• "How to Address the Crisis for Working Moms" in TIME
• KPMG Working Parents Survey (February 2025)
• The Flex Index Fortune 500 data

Resources:

• Grab your FREE Guide to Job Sharing 👉 workmuse.com/guide ✅
• What are your thoughts? 🤔 DM me on LinkedIn or leave me a voice memo
• Join Work Muse Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work ✅

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