Today we're introducing PowerToFly Connect, a free app on iOS and Android devices. It's clear that as we continue to match women with work that values productivity and not time spent at a desk, we need a space to share stories and ideas so we can build a better future together.
We're launching this app in response to the overwhelming feedback we received after I published my personal story, "I'm Sorry To All The Mothers I Used To Work With," almost a month ago. Much to my surprise, a piece that I first wrote as a private exercise to understand my motivations around co-founding PowerToFly, was read by millions around the world when I agreed to publish it in Fortune. My co-founder Milena and I, along with an amazing team working around the world, received tens of thousands of stories from women (and men) who wanted to share what they go through each day to fit into workplaces that consider personal lives a distraction. Many people who reached out weren't parents themselves or even looking for work. They just wanted to talk about adapting work to create a better and balanced future for themselves, their children, and others.
"Thank you for giving me and every other struggling mother out there a voice," said a woman from Germany. An American executive added: "I had similar feelings of guilt about my approach to working mothers in the business and finance world when I became a mother for the first time in 2013." From a new father: "My wife and I have a daughter about three months old, I too believe that working remotely would be better for our family." And just yesterday a new mother told me that she waited six months to reveal she was pregnant while working at a Fortune 500 company. Six months!
We want these stories to be out in the open because we need each other as role models, catalysts and supporters to transform the offices where we spend most of our waking hours. So many of you have reached out asking how to help make that happen.
So go ahead, and please download the app. Post stories about topics like career reinvention, work/life balance, news that affects us and more. Share tips about working from home, collaborate with each other on resume writing, and discover new job leads and like minded women looking for a third way to work. And if you just want to read and learn from others, that's fine. We have a number of curated sections on iOS today, and Android very soon, around topics that matter to us.
PowerToFly Connect is mobile-first because we're about unhinging from our desks to work smarter and play better. In the coming weeks we will be taking feedback from you on how you use the platform. We already have new features and updates planned, such as discussion groups around career fields and particular topics that speak to our goals outside of work.
We built PowerToFly Connect very quickly with RebelMouse. We're very proud of what we're showing you today, yet we know it has a long way to go. So don't hesitate to send feedback to hi@powertofly.com. And if you want to read more on how to use PowerToFly Connect then check out this link. We're looking forward to hearing from you.
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