Survey Finds Working Women Are Struggling To Navigate In The Pandemic More than 67 million women are currently employed in the U.S. For many of them, the pandemic has turned life upside down. A LinkedIn survey finds 70% of working women feel they need to lower their career expectations. About 60% feel they’re underperforming in all areas of life, and 39% of working moms feel they are failing their children. “So many women right now were thrown into remote work in March when this pandemic began and it’s just not working. There’s no sustainable policies in place,” said LinkedIn’s Caroline Fairchild.