Trabalho e maternidade: um estudo feito com 5 mães, operadoras de caixa de uma rede de supermercados de Governador Valadares - MG

Abstract

The present work aimed to discover the challenges of work after women in the formal market have children. The research has an exploratory purpose, which involved bibliographical research to better understand the subject from the perspective of other authors, and to further enrich the data, interviews were conducted with 5 women workers in a large supermarket chain in the region of Governador Valadares-MG, who have experience with the problem raised in the research. The interviews were treated with a qualitative approach to the data. The results pleased homogeneous or similar data between the interviews, since in relation to the central problem, all 5 of the women workers reported that the biggest challenge faced at work after being mothers, was a concern with who would take care of their children while they were at work, many of the women reported being worried about their children in the work environment. From that point on, the facilities that these mothers have or would like to have in order to stay in the job market after becoming mothers were discussed. Faced with the questions, the support networks pointed out by the interviewees were: day care, school, nanny, and mother-in-law. Among the main benefits pointed out by them to be able to reconcile work and motherhood are: day care assistance, and flexible workload. This work contributes to the study of the field of women mothers, who are victims of prejudice rooted in society, which reflects in their relationships with work.