Return to office hit hard in 2025, and now women are leaving their jobs to stay home with their kids.
Labor force participation for women aged 25–44 with children under age five fell by the steepest decline in over four decades!!!! pic.twitter.com/Y7HI1VwOvz
— Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) February 7, 2026
And for those curious, 60% of this labor force decline was due to *voluntary* departure, not layoffs or firing. And some of the “layoffs” may have been women who simply refused to RTO
So that’s why I used the headline I did. The majority are women choosing to opt out
— Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) February 7, 2026