Half of all women want to pack it all in

More than half of female workers have already left or are seriously considering escaping conventional nine-to-five working in a bid to invent their own working patterns, according to a new report.

They are instead preferring to follow a career path offering flexibility and professional autonomy rather than fit in with the demands of the corporate world.

This includes planning to set up their own businesses, retrain, work flexibly or pursue a "portfolio" career.

Perhaps most worrying for employers is the finding that almost three quarters of the female professionals polled said they were disappointed with their career progress to date.
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Geraldine Hetherington, chief operating officer at Hudson UK, said: "Many women have tasted corporate life and have decided there are better ways of making their mark on the world than following the traditional working model set before them.

"It's not just the demands of family life that are encouraging women to reject working conventions in favour of their own methods; in order to have more control over where, when and how they work, they are setting up their own businesses, retraining or pursuing a 'portfolio' career," she added.

I'm not surprised at all.