Out-Of-Office: How To Parent Out Loud In The Workplace

The Care Gap

On this episode Blessing and Andrea discussed the act of multitasking at home and how these tasks are s Today’s guest Mary Beth Ferrante talks about her viral Out-of-Office note after she dropped off her two girls and got a call three hours later to pick them up due to a covid exposure. The Out-Of-Office was an authentic and transparent approach to what Mary Beth calls "parenting out loud" at work.

Mary Beth is the founder and Managing Director of WRK/360. She is a mom of two and and an advocate for creating inclusive workplaces for parents. Wrk/360 is a platform designed to create workplace cultures that promote flexible work, empathetic leadership, and that help dismantle parental bias. As a former SVP in the finance industry, she has always valued growing her career and like so many other career-driven women was surprised when she hit the Maternal Wal. Her own experience propelled her to dive deeper into maternal bias, to influence changes to workplace culture and to advocate for paid national leave policy. She has been featured in FORBES, TOday, CNBC, Working Mother, Fairy God Boss and more.

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