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This really isn't a problem anyone wants to solve. STEM especially has unique issues where if you take extended absences things such as your skills or research
by oslsla 4y ago
This really isn't a problem anyone wants to solve. STEM especially has unique issues where if you take extended absences things such as your skills or research will be invalided over the short periods you may be gone. Tackle that with a lack of a childcare and you have a system set to ensure the failure of women. Retention is close to impossible as the cost of childcare is impossibly high.
- SamReidHughes 4y agoI'd say this is more industry-specific than STEM. In software I can jump back onto a project I left behind years ago and get productive immediately. This is something I've done with multiple projects. But there is a difference between some of those and other kinds of projects where the deadlines are tied into hardware cycles, like, automotive engineering. And generally in engineering, childcare is affordable because your salaries are high.