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Survey finds 17 percent of remote-working fathers would quit over full office return
A King’s College London study of more than 8,200 working fathers found that nearly one in five currently working from home would resign if required to return to the office five days a week. The research also showed fathers want twice as many remote days as employers typically allow.
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A survey of more than 8,200 working fathers found that 17 percent of those currently working remotely would leave their jobs rather than comply with a five-day office mandate. Managers rated remote-working fathers less favorably for promotion than those who remained in the office.
Workplace culture and policy gaps The report stated that formal flexible-working policies often exist on paper but that expectations around visibility and commitment limit their use. Fathers who work remotely face lower promotion prospects under these conditions.
Views on family involvement "Flexible working was never a mothers’ issue.
It’s time we stopped treating it like one," Professor Heejung Chung, a co-author of the report, stated. She added that post-pandemic fathers have gained daily involvement in family routines that earlier generations did not experience. The study concluded that greater male participation in remote work is altering perceptions of masculinity for both fathers and their children.
