Study finds women worry about ageism in workplace
Sep 24, 2024, 7:05 PM | Updated: 7:11 pm
A new survey of 2,000 employed American women has revealed that 38% of them, more than a third, are worried about how their age will negatively impact their job.
The fear of ageism in the workplace is real, and baby boomers expressed the most concern (43%) about it. But, the ageism we are speaking about isn’t of vanity in the workplace…it is about truly aging and getting old while working.
Those who are worried about their age affecting their job are concerned about their physical mobility and health (42%), the amount of work they can take on (37%) and how going through a major health change, like menopause, would affect their job (23%).
47% of all employees have discussed health matters on the job. Gen Xers and millennials are most likely to talk about health at work.
Women are more likely to think they should get time off specifically for menopause and menstruation. “While some can manage these symptoms with minimal disruption, others may find that they require time off to recover and maintain their well-being,” Dunja Kokotovic of INTIMINA said.
“The fact that nearly half of women believe they should have the option to take time off during these periods highlights the importance of acknowledging and supporting female-specific health needs in the workplace.”
The survey polled 500 women experiencing menopause and found that just 38% of these women said that their superior knows, and this is more common for those who have a female manager (44% vs. 24%).
Seven in 10 women currently experiencing menopause said they would push themselves to their limit at work (71%) while facing symptoms like feeling tired (51%), fatigued (48%) and irritable (47%) so that no one thinks of them differently.
We all push ourselves to work when we are not feeling well and as we age we are pushing ourselves:
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