Nadia Nizamudin (She/Her)

WFH, 2021

Acrylic, Oil, Yarn, Collage

22" x 30"

For WFH, I am challenging the working norms. Working through the quarantine, juggling kids at home, full time work, and housechores drove me to the wall. It is NOT sustainable and I cannot stress it enough. However, there is nothing done from my company to acknowledge this extra weight that is faced mostly by women employees more than men. My female colleagues and I commiserate, complain to each other about how harassed and exhausted we are, and I hardly hear any of my male colleagues do the same. Because in reality, nothing's changed for them. The other challenge of Working From Home is the extra long hours. Male colleagues complain about this too. But Try having to work extra hours on top of doing the laundry, making lunch, getting the kids ready, figuring out their technical issues during virtual schooling, etc. The working landscape is changing thanks to the pandemic, and I hope that as companies these days are stressing on employees' mental health, they acknowledge the extra burden faced by the women employees as well, and how related these two issues are.

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