Almost half of women worker, between the ages of 40 and 55they have contemplating finding work remotely or telecommuting to deal easier with menopausal symptomsaccording to a new survey.

In the survey commissioned by the company fertility benefits Carrots, that 47 percent of respondents said will consider looking for remote or hybrid work due to menopausal symptoms.

Almost a third of women respondents said that would consider switching to a part time job from full-time employment, while 22 percent said they would consider retiring early.

Menopause and work: very few companies offer support

Carrot survey a thousand workers American 40 to 55 years old that they are experiencing perimenopause or menopauseor that they have had it in the last five years.

Women between the ages of 45 and 54 make up 20 percent of the female workforce in the United States. Yeah OK many will experience sleep deprivation, mood swings and hot flashes associated with menopause and perimenopause, very few workplaces offer support.

Last year, a survey of 2,500 women by telehealth company Gennev found that 99 percent of women at this stage do not get any of the benefits associated with menopause working. Nearly a quarter of those who responded to Carrot’s survey said they were have been absent from work due to their symptomsbut hide the reasons from their masters.

It a workplace that doesn’t recognize problems risky lost a talented senior womansaid Carrot CEO Tammy Sun. “Many of the most capable and valuable female leaders are in this group and the replacement costs for those leaders are much higher than average,” she said.

another survey in great Britain found that 18 percent women who are experiencing menopause are thinking of quitting their job at all.

Some governments and companies are starting to realize that this is a problem for your senior leaders. The UK government has a menopause task force and Japan has also started to tackle the problem. There is very little discussion about how it is detrimental to women in the American workplace.