Menopause at work

+ your weekly roundup of hopefully helpful things

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Evernow is doing some great data collecting when it comes to menopause, and now has a wider look with the new Menopause in the Workplace report. Founder Alicia Jackson shared the findings via this LinkedIn post: Silent Quitting and the $26.6 Billion Drain: Why Employers Can't Afford to Ignore Menopause Anymore.

Top lines from their ongoing survey of 2,000 women, ages 40-60:

• 70 percent of women rated their symptoms as “severe” or “very severe”

• 50 percent reported inability to focus and 48 percent reported brain fog as the symptoms with the greatest impact on their work, closely followed by headaches and fatigue

• women report missing an average of 9 days per year, and 65 percent believe their needs in this transition are overlooked by their employer

Alicia’s top lines:

• Companies are losing US$26.6 billion annually due to decreased productivity and increased medical costs related to menopause 

• 85 percent of women report impacts on productivity, performance…