Big firms finally come around over childcare benefits
Employers are starting to offer more tangible help, especially those in the finance, consulting and tech industries
New York — Whether your company is pushing employees to return to the office, à la JPMorgan, or letting them stay home, à la Google, Deutsche Bank and pretty much everyone else, the question remains: what the heck to do with the kids?
The US remains a confusing patchwork of partially open, partially closed schools. Children learning via screen need supervision to help them stay focused. So far, that’s mostly meant parents. In the spring, 60% of working parents functioned with no outside childcare, according to a BCG survey, spending an extra 27 hours each week taking care of the children, helping them with school and doing other household tasks. Half admitted it had hurt their work performance...
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