The annual Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.Org found that the gap between women and men who say they are burned out has nearly doubled in the last year. The survey polled more than 65,000 North American employees, revealing that 42% of women and 35% of men reported feeling burned out often or almost always in 2021, compared to 32% of women and 28% of men last year.
The pandemic has placed considerably more responsibility on women than men, especially those with young and school-aged children. Many women have been forced from their jobs when childcare was unavailable during the early days of the pandemic.