Over a million women reach menopause each year in the U.S.—and roughly 6,000 women become menopausal each day. However, many are undereducated about menopause and unprepared for how it can affect them in life and at work.
The second annual Menopause in the Workplace Survey from Carrot Fertility, a fertility care platform, found the overwhelming majority of women surveyed face challenges at work due to menopause symptoms and don’t feel that they can speak up about them. And more, they fear their employers will see them as less efficient. The survey, shared exclusively with Fortune, laid bare how aging women contend with daily challenges related to menopause and the long-held stigma around it.
