While some employees want to quit their jobs to take care of their kids, most who have quit to focus on caregiving said they did so because getting paid help was too expensive. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Employees say that taking care of kids negatively affects their work performance. But most bosses appear oblivious to the problem.
That's the main takeaway from a report authored by two Harvard Business School researchers, based on a survey of 301 HR leaders and 1,547 employees.
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