The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the way we work.

In addition to the millions who lost their jobs entirely, droves of Americans left their shared workspaces in March, or headed to their essential jobs with a pared-down staff and a lot of questions. Many working women across America, and here in Philadelphia, prepped to spend the next few weeks at home with partners, children, and maybe extended families or roommates. They scheduled calls around kids’ virtual learning, made a plan for childcare with their next-door neighbor or grandparents, and hunkered down for a short stint of a nonexistent work-life balance.

A week or so in, the cracks started to show. Parents were paying for daycare their kids couldn’t attend and leaning on extra family members for help. They were scheduling every second of their days, from meal-prepping to extra screen time to cope, some told Technical.ly in mid-March.

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