Working women and mothers have faced compounded challenges amid the pandemic. If they weren’t facing layoffs outright, they were balancing childcare with professional responsibilities, or facing a forced choice to cut hours or even leave the workforce entirely.

All of these factors, and more, play into how women across the country are feeling about work, per McKinsey & Company’s 2020 “Women in the Workplace” study.

The research was based on surveying 317 companies that employ more than 12 million people. In the five years the report has tracked trends before the COVID-19 pandemic, women were making progress at work: More were leading companies and advancing to managerial roles than in years before.

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